Vol. IX, No. 10.] The Twelve Bhitiyas of Bengal. 441 
[N.S.] 
Rennell’s map, N. of Dacca, and a little N. of Ekdallah, on 
the right bank of the Lakhia or Banar (Cf. ibid., p. 59) does 
not appear to me acceptable. 
3. Chandecan.—The kingdom of Chandecan has been 
identified, correctly I believe, by Mr. H. Beveridge with 
Dhi amghat, near the modern bazar of Kaliganj, on the Madhu- 
mati. For the discussion of the proofs, mostly based on the 
early Jesuit letters (1598-1602) cf. H. BrvERipGE, Bi, 
1876, pp. 71-76, and The District of Bakarganj, London, Triib- 
o Proc. A.S.B. 
Hiigli itself, was then called the river of Chandecan. In | 
the Jesuit Residence at Higli was dete as situated i in the 
Chandecan district.2 Cf. J.A.9.B., 1911, p. 16. ‘* Chandecan 
or Ciandecan,’’ writes Mr. Beveridge, a evidently the same 
as Chand Khan, which as we nae from the life of Rajah 
Pratapaditya by Ram Ram Bosu (modernised by Hari 
Chandra Tarkalankar), was the name of the former proprie- 
tor of the estate in the Sunderbans which Pratapaditya’s 
father mente i got from ines Daoud. Chand Khan 
relapsed into eile Reis ; 
would be ruined, as he had taken upon himself to resist the 
Emperor of Delhi, and therefore Bikramaditya, who was his 
minister, took the precaution of establishing a retreat for him- 
ett 
Linschoten’s Le Grand Routier de “Mer, A maidens - 1638, 
eo 
already published as Pt. II of his I — ofte ie _ eee Te 
orte 
1596, Ch. XI. Navigation d& cours des I It is to be regretted 
a Ventrée du fleuve Ganges au Royaume de Bengala. 
that Burnell and Tiele did nat oe it in eis Hakluyt edn. of van 
L 
cater s work. I made in List of Portuguese 
Jesuits in Bengal, J.A.S. oe 25. the Catalogu 
‘* College of Bengal’’ is eae ed in the Va 
a a _J., who has had access to 
tes of Chandecan. Fr. H. Josson, 8.J how the mistake 
: b 
above the o, which gave the look of 1664 hs a mis 
Sear froin "Brass rae 14 Aug. 1913). 
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