54} ESSAY OX 



Thence to the Jumna at Ctmjpoora, and to the 

 Ganges at Hustinapooi\ or Hastina nagara, called in 

 the West, and in the Jj/in-acberi, JVustnaur, for 

 Hastin-nora, It is the Bachiora of the Peutingerian 

 tables, the Bactr'iana of the anonymous oeographer, 

 and the Stoma of Ptolemy. In the Greek origi- 

 nal it was written BACTINOPA, Bastinora, altered 

 afterwards into BACINOPA, and BACTPIANA, 

 Basinora, and Bastriana ; and the latter was mis- 

 taken for Bactriana. Indeed the Greeks could 

 hardly write JVustnorej or JVustinore, otherwise, 

 than OYACTINOPA, or BACTINOPA, Oiiastinora, 

 TVastinora, or Bastinoi^a : they chose the latter. 

 Hastina-nagara^ commonly called Hustina-poor, is 

 about twenty miles S. W. o^ Darhiagur, on a branch 

 of the Ganges, formerly the bed of that river. There 

 remains only a small place of worship ;. and the ex- 

 tensive site of that ancient city is entirely covered 

 with laro-e ant-hills ; which have induced the in- 

 habitants of the adjacent country to suppose, tliat it 

 had been overturned, or destroyed, by the Termites. 

 In the Peutingerian tables we are presented with 

 a route, leading, from Hustinapoor^ into Tibet : the 

 first stage of which is Arate, called Heorta by 

 Ptolemy, but transposed by hini. It is Haridxvarj 

 of Hardwah, as it is corruptly pronounced by many : 

 and in Arate ^wd. Heorta, we can retrace the original 

 name Hartoa, or llardwah. The second stage is 

 Pharca, called Paraca by Philostratus, in his life 

 of Apollontus ; and placed by him in the moun- 

 tains, to the north of the Ganges. It6 present namp 

 is Pragh, often pronounced Pardgh, generally with 

 the epithet of Dha, or Deo, Deo Prdgh, gr the di- 

 vine Pragh. It is in the country of Sri-nagar, on 

 the banks of the Ganges, and is a famous place of 

 worship. 



On the road from Hustinapoor to Allahabad, 

 Vl\^y places the town of liodapha, caWed Rapphc by 



