36 WESTERN 11 I N D O O S T A N. 



within its limits, by the deftroyers of mankind, Alexander the 

 great, T'i 77211 r Bek^ or 'T'a7nerlane, and KouU Kb a 71. It is a moil 

 fertile tradt, often plain, but towards the north and north-eaft 

 interfered by a chain of hills. The Setlege runs in one chan- 

 nel for fome w'ay, then divides, and embracing a confiderable 

 ifland, re-unites for a fliort fpace, and at Ferofapour feparates 

 ao-ain. The fouthern branch retains its name; the northern 

 affumes that of the Beyab, or Hypbafis. Thefe diverge con- 

 fidcrably from each other, then converge, fo as almoft to meet 

 at their fountains, at the foot of mount biiaus, or H'mimaleb. 

 This tradl- is called Jallmdar, and has in it Suit a7i pour, and a 

 few other towns. 



Near the fountain of the Beyab flands the famous temple 



Nagercote. of Nagerkote, greatly frequented by the Hifidoo pilgrims, out 

 of veneration to the goddefs Nq/habo. This place out-miracles 

 all miracles : cut out your tongue, and in a few days, fometimes 

 a few hours, it will, with due faith in the faint, be again 

 renewed*! This temple was immenfely rich, being paved 

 with gold. It was guarded by the fort Kote Ka7igrab. It 

 was taken by Ferofe III. in 1360!: To fuch a patron of litera- 

 ture, he found a treafvire in a library of books of the BrabTnins^ 

 He caufed one, which confilled of philofophy, to be tranflated 

 in the Perjian language, and called it the Argmfients of Ferofe. 

 Goropiin, as quoted by Purcbas, vi. p. 35, fays, that Nagerkote 

 mountain is the higheft in the world. 



jELLAMooK-y. NoT far from Nagerkote, is Jellamooky, a temple built over 



the fubterraneous fire. Poflibly the country may be inhabited 



* Aj-een, ii. p. 133. f Ferifhta, i, p. 369. 



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