JOURNAL 
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 
New Series. 
Vol. XIV.—1918. 
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The Malda Diary and Consultations (nfo 1604). 
Edited by Waurur K. Framincer, B.D., B. Lrr. eras 
of Calcutta, Editor of a Past and Present, ” 1909-1 
INTRODUCTION. 
The town of Malda is situated close to the muhana, or c 
flux, of the rivers Kalindri and Mahananda. “The Town 
writes Edwards, “is small, but conveniently seated on a “ther 
close by the mighty city of Gaur, but riparian changes led to 
Malda becoming the port for both Gaur and Pandua. The 
Phuti | “cracked” ] Mosque, according to its inscription, is dated 
11th Shawal, 900H. [8th July 1495 a.p.], in the reign of Husain 
Shah.' The picturesque ruins of the Katla, or fortified caravan- 
serai, for the better protection of the valuable goods of itiner- 
ant merchants, remain to bear witness to the great days of 
old Malda. 
-In October 1676, Streynsham Master, being at that time 
at Kasimbazar, records in his Diary : “Mr. Richard —— 
being now goeing with the Honourable Companeys treasure 
‘1 See Manomohan Chakravarti: ‘‘ Notes on panel 0 : Journal and 
Pc ssc Asiatic Society of Bengal, vol. v, no. 7 [July 1909]. See Abid 
Ali Kh Short Notes on the Ancient Monuments of et and Punduah 
|Malda, 1913}. 
