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Tables, under the name of Elymaide;- which appel- 

 lation, being- pro!)ab]3^ obtained through the informa- 

 tion of Arabian travellers, and merchants, seems to 

 be derived, either from the Arabic El-i-maied, the 

 inhabitants of Maied ; or from Almaied, in the same 

 manner that they say Al-tibet, Al-sin. Former 

 European travellers mention a country called Mevat^ 

 in the Eastern parts of India, and which can be no 

 other than Mcihat : and instead of ModiihcE in Pliny, 

 we should, probably, read Mohed(£^ answering to the 

 El-i-maied of Arabian travellers. On the borders 

 of Elymaide, toward the N. E. are the Lymodi moun- 

 tains, near which were elephants in great numbers. 

 Magadha proper \s South-Bcihar : but, when its kings 

 had conquered, according to several Purmias, the 

 whole of the Gangetic Provinces, (which they consi- 

 dered afterwards, as their patrimonial demesnes ;) 

 Magadlm became synonymous with Anu-Gangam^ 

 or countries lying on the banks of the Ganges. The 

 Gangetic Provinces are called to this day, Amikhenk 

 or A ?ionkhek' m Tibet ; and Knaccic by the Tartars; 

 and they have extended this appellation to all 

 India. 



In Ceiflon, according to Capt. Mahony, and in 

 Ava, according to Mr. Buchanan, the appellations 

 of PiUi, or Bali, and Alagadlii are considered as 

 synonjanous, at least, when applied to their sacred 

 language ; which I consider, from that circumstance, 

 to be the old dialect of Magad'ha: which is called 

 also the kingdom of PoU by Chinese writers. In 

 India this name for JMagadlia is unknown : but its 

 origin may be traced through the Piirdn'as. Dio- 

 DORUs the Sicilian says, \\\^t Pali-putra \\^?> built 

 by the Indian Hercules, whose name, according to 

 Cicero, was Belus, and in Sanscrit Bala, or 

 Balas, tlie brother of Crishna, more generally called 

 BALA-RAMAandBALA-DEVA. Balade'va built three 

 cities for his sons, which he called after his owa 



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