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Ptolemy. Its present noine is Hurdoxvah, or Hul- 

 doicah ; for both are equally in use. 



The next stage, according to Pltxy, is CaUuipaxa, 

 the true name of which Avas Calbu-basa, implying 

 its being situated on the Ca'im, a river which retains 

 its ancient name to this day ; but the town is now 



The next stage is Allahahad^ called the town of 

 Ganges, (or Gangapoor,) by Artemidouus, All tlie 

 intermediate distances, in Plixy, are erroneous, and 

 inadmissible: thus he tells us, that from Rcdapha, 

 to Califupa.ra, tliere are 168 miles: but according to 

 others 265 ; Vvhilst some reckon 500. The distance, 

 assigned by him, between the Sutltg and Jumna, 

 amounts to 33G miles, which is a most gross mistake. 

 The half, or ]6'8 miles, reckoning from Taliora to 

 Cimjpoora, is pretty near the truth. 



From AUahahad to PaUhofhra, the rond, it seems, 

 did lie along the southern bank of the Gauges: and 

 in Ptolemy we hnd tlie following places. From 

 AUakahad to the river Tuso, now the jonse: and, 

 eighteen miles from its conflux with tlic Ganges, in 

 a 8. W. direction, he places a town called Adisdara, 

 probably the same with Attcrsar, or Altersarour in 

 the sam.e place; and, about one mile and half to the 

 north of tlic Tonse. Thence to Cind'ia, now Caunfcc, 

 on the banks oi' the Ganges, and almost op{><)site to 

 Goopygiinge. Put tliis place is out of the direct 

 road: though it might not have been so foimcrly, 

 on account of tlie continual encroachments and 

 shiftings of the Ganges. 



The next is Sagala, now Mirzapoor, and con- 

 nected with .anotiier called Sigaia, (;r rather Saga/a, 

 now Mongkir. The present Sanscrit name of the 

 former is flnd7fj/ac/(Sini, fiom the C^ddcss of that 



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