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The Ganges formerly ran aim oil in a direct line from 

 Borounka to Monghier, the Fulgo uniting with 

 it near this place ; but iince the river taking a 

 foutherly courfe, lias marie great encroachments 

 upon the northern boundary of Monghier, which 

 itretched out a confiderable diitance in that di- 

 rection to a hill of a conical ftiape, which the 

 ftrearn has totally wafhed away. Tins fa 61 is 

 afcertained on the evidence of feveral Hindu 

 iacred books, particularly of the Gangamahalmya ; 

 for, at the time this was written, one half of the 

 hill itill remained. Sigala appears to be corrupted 

 from the Saufcrit Sirhala, a plough. At the birth 

 of Chrishna a iheet of fire like the garments of 

 the gods, appeared above the place called Vin- 

 dhyavafni, near Mirzapoorl This appearance is 

 called Suchi'la, or, in the vulgar dialects, Sukhela 

 or Sukhaila, from which the Greeks made SV/jW//. 

 This fiery meteor torced its way through the 

 earth, and re-appeared near Monghier, tearing 

 and furrowing up the ground like a plough, or 

 jirhala. The place where it re-appeared is near 

 Monghier, and there is a cave formed by light- 

 ning iacred to Devi. 



Palibothra. Near the confluence of the old Coofy 

 with the Ganges. 



AJlha-Gura, now Jetta-gurry, or Jetta-coory, in the 

 inland parts of the country and at the entrance of 

 a famous pais through the Raj-mehal hills. 



Corygazus, near Palibothra, and below it, is derived 

 from the Sanfcrit Gauri-Gofchi* or the wildernefs 

 of Gauri, a form of Devi. The famous town of 

 Gaur derives its name from it. It is called by 

 Nonnus in his Dwnyjiacs Gagus for Gofcha, or 

 the Gofcha by excellence. He fays it was fur- 

 rounds d with a net-work, and that it was a 

 journ ■■■' of two days in circumference. This 

 1 of inclofure is frill pracliiVd in the 



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