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the one writes it S'lndus, the other Ivlo^. We learn by the Nubian 

 Geographer, that the Arabians call it Mehran. I mean to proceed 

 down to its Delta, where it is difcharged into the fea, and briefly 

 point out the moft remarkable places, antient or modern, which 

 occur in my courfe. 

 Peninsula of ^n^Jfidus, or rather the ftreams which fall into it from the 



India. eaft, particularly the Ihylum or river of Cq/Jmiere, and the 



Ganges near Latak, in Little "Thibet, to the north of CaJJrmere,. 

 approximate, and then run diverging till they reach the fea, and 

 peninfulate the mighty empire, fo that they give the name to- 

 HindooJIan, of the Peninfula oi India. India or Hindoojian h 

 not of vernacular derivation, antient as it is ; the name Hind was 

 given it by the Perfans, who tranfmitted it to the Greeks, and 

 they formed from it the word India ; for we are aflured by the 

 fcientific linguift Mr. Wilkins, that no fuch word is to be found 

 in the Sanjcrit Didlionary ; for the aborigines of the country 

 knew it by no other than that oi Bbarata *. The difcovery is- 

 new, but we have preferved the antient name of Hindoojlany 

 given it by the Perjians, and that of India by the Grecians, who 

 gave that of Hindoos to the aboriginal people of the country,, 

 and Stan a region. 



This vaft peninfula was formerly divided into two parts,- 

 Hindoojian Proper, which was bounded on the fouth by the 

 rivers Nerbudda and Soane, and the fouthern borders of Bengaly 

 and by the Barrampooter on the eaft. 



The other divifion is the Deccan, which figniiies the Joiithy 

 and under that meaning comprehends all the reft of the penin- 

 fula, as far as Cape Comorin. This name and this divifion feem 

 at prefent fcarcely known, except in the mention of the great 

 Soubabpip, poffefled by Nizam al Muluck and his fucceflbrs. 



* Rennel XX. and the attendant note. 



This 



