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Akbar. 



reclamed by the prudence of a Mr. Cleveland^ ^vho went un- 

 armed among them, and at length perfuaded them to raife a body 

 of men among themfelves, for the purpofe of protecfling thofe 

 very people who had been the kte objects of their ravages.- 



The fpecimens of the antient Hindoo tongue is locked up in 

 books intelligible only to the Brahmins, who make it their 

 Itudy. It is called the Sanjkrit, of which I have taken notice at 

 p. 211. Mr. Halbed, in the introdudtion to the Gentoo laws, gives 

 an ingenious account of thefe old books, and fpecimens of the 

 language and types. 

 Empire under Hi}idooJlan, in the days of Akbar, was divided into twelve 

 SoubahJJjips, or viceroyalties, and each of thofe committed to the 

 care of a Soubah. The hiftory of thefe provinces is given by 

 Abulfazel, in the fecond volume of the Akberry, now and then 

 we meet with in it fome inftances of credulity, but on the whole 

 it is a fine view of the empire and its revenues, and of all that 

 concerns its political ftate. To each SoubahJJnp is added an ac- 

 count of its revenue in money, its ftrength in military forces, in 

 elephants, and other particulars, of which I give a fpecimen in 

 the firft article, that of Bengal. 



« The Soobah oi Bengal^' fays Abulfazel, ii. 19, " con fills of 

 " twenty-four fircars, and feven hundred and eighty-feven 

 « mahls. The revenue is fifty-nine crore, eighty-four lacks, 

 " fifty-nine thoufand three hundred and nineteen dams, or 

 " Sicca rupees 1,49,61,482-15-2 in money, and the Zemindars 

 " (who are moftly Koits) furnifh alfo 23,300 cavalry, 801,158 

 " infantry, 170 elephants, 4,260 cannon, and 4,400 boats." 



Bengal, 



Soobah of 

 Bengal. 



