76 CLASSICAL GROUND. 



Lake, on the 24th December, 1805, at the command 

 of Governor General Sir George Barlow, signed the 

 treaty by which Holkar was reinstated in all the 

 territory which had been acquired by Lord Wellesley 

 dming the latter 's memorable administration 1797- 

 1805, during which period he secured to the East 

 India Company the government of one half and the 

 control over the other half of India, from Cape 

 Comorin to the Sutlej ; advantages subsequently lost 

 by Lord Cornwallis's weak poUcy, followed by Sir 

 George Barlow and Lord Minto. Lord Wellesley 's 

 conquests and alliances, however, were eventually 

 more than re-established by Lord Canning, Earl of 

 Moira, Governor General 1813-1822. 



Greek mythology has likewise been busy m these 

 regions ; it was on the banks of the Hydaspes where 

 Nonnus, in his " Dionysiasa," laid the fight between 

 Bacchus and Deriade, which lasted seven years. 



