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Puranas, tlie Lanch-dxvara or gates of Lanca^ the 

 straits of Mdlacd might be called also with propriety 

 the gates of Canca, Pluto, or Canca-dwdra. This 

 denomination is never used now by the Paiirdnics ; 

 but there is no doubt, that it was so formerly ; for 

 the Cancador of Ali-Coshgi, and other early Miisel- 

 vian writers, is obviously derived from Canca-dwdra, 

 Canca's door or gate. It is true, that they make a 

 town of it, which the}^ call also more correctly Can^ 

 cdrior for Cancd-nur^ which last is acknowledged to 

 be the same with Canca nagara^ the town of Canca ; 

 and in the Dekhin they always say nur or Jiurii, 

 instead of nagar. This town is obviously the same, 

 "which is called Cocco-nagara or Conco-nagara by 

 Ptolemy. The country of Canca is Cancades'a in 

 Sanscrit; hence Muselman wnters call it also Gung-diz. 



Cancapuri or Canca nagara is then the same with 

 Yama-puri or Jamcote, called also in the Furdrias 

 Mahd-Lancd-pini, or Md-Lancd: and it is probably 

 the same with that called Balanca by Ptolemy, and 

 placed by him in Long. 162" and in 4° 40' Lat. North. 

 It appears, however, that Muselman writers under- 

 stood by it the town of Saba or Zaba : for Yama-puri 

 or Jam-cote is a mythological city and never existed. 



We observed before that Ptolemy has introduced 

 into his map the golden country, island or penin- 

 sula, not only twice ; but that he has likewise 

 introduced twice, most of the places belonging to 

 that country. Accordingly Conco nagara is again 

 noticed under the name of Coccoro nagara^ or Cocco 

 nagara; from which Alusdman writers have made 

 Caracor for Canca-rai-ghur, the house or place 

 of abode of Canca-ua'ja' or Yama : but they con- 

 sider it as the same with Cancanor. This town 



