204 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVI, 
again, informs us in his account of the Madras factory, that 
the English East India Company’s agent there was “ Superin- 
tendent over all the Factories on the Coast of Coromandel, 
as far as the Bay of Bengala, and up Huygly River (which is 
one of the Falls of Ganges), viz. Fort St. George alias Maderas, 
Pettipolee, Mechlapatan, Gundore, Medapollon, Balisore, Ben- 
gala, Huygly, Castle Buzzar, Pattanaw.” (A New Account 
of East India and Persia, Ed. 1698, p. 38.) Ovington too 
mentions ‘acity of Bengala’ though he does not vouch for its 
existence himself : ‘‘ Arracan is bounded on the North-West by 
the Kingdom of Bengala, some Authors making Chatigam to 
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Travels, a list of no less than sixteen maps in which ‘ Bengala’ 
and Chatigam (Chittagong) are both marked. The earliest of 
these examples of European cartography—the Map of Gastaldi 
—is dated 1561 A.C. The latest bears the name of Ottens and 
was published at Amsterdam in 1740 A.C, In ali except one of 
these old charts, Bengala is located “ either on the north-east. 
due east, or south-east of Chatigam.” In Gastaldi’s Map—the 
exception—the two places are transposed,and Chatigam is on the 
south-east of Bengala. The discrepancy adds to the difficulty 
of precisely fixing the real situation of the city. Itis, however, 
d as distinct from either Gour or Chittagong, or Satgong”’ 
(1btd. Ixxx). Mr. H. Beveridge also has called attention to the 
fact that in one of the three maps of India made by Ignazio 
Danti to illustrate Ptolemy’s Geography in 1575, ‘ Gour, Bengala, 
Rhotasgarh, Satgaon ’ are all marked. (Journal, Royal Asiatic 
Society, 1903, p. 577.)' It will be observed that Purchas and 
1 It is not in old European maps or charts only that a city called 
Bengala is shown. It is fou 
ever thought of looking for it.. An astrolabe made in Lahor by Hamid 
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