1881.] visited and described by Tavernier. 37 



According to Tavernier* Kaolconda was situated in the Province 

 1 Carnatica'f five days' journey from Golconda and eight or nine from 

 Visapour (Bijapur). Remembering that he states that he crossed the river 

 separating the kingdoms of Golconda and Visapour, i. e. y the Kistna or its 

 tributary the Bhima and fixing the rate of travelling at 20 miles a day 

 which seems to have been Tavernier's average, we should arrive at the con- 

 clusion that Raolconda was situated somewhere in the angle between the 

 Kistna and Toongabudra rivers and not far from their junction ; but as in 

 the case of Gani-Coulour, Tavernier gives a route list of the stages between 

 Golconda and Raolconda which, on analysis, proves to be quite inconsistent 

 with the above stated distance between them. This list is as follows : — 



1. Golconda to Canapour, 1 Gos. 



2. Canapour to Parquel, 2\ „ 



3. Parquel to Cakenol, 1 „ 



4. Cakenol to Canol-Candanor, 3 „ 



5. Canol-Candanor to Setapour, 1 n 



6. Setapour to the river, 1 „ 



(This river is the frontier of the kingdoms 



of Golconda and Visapour, i. e. } the 

 Kistna). 



7. The river to Alpour, £ „ (?) 



8. Alpour to Canol, .. f „ (?) 



9. Canol to Raolconda, 1\ „ 



The total of these items would be 14^ 



Here again there is something wrong in the arithmetic since Tavernier 

 gives the total as being 17 gos. probably the items 7 and 8 are misprints 

 for 3 each. To begin with there are here given 9 stages and the distance 

 17 Gos. or 68 French leagues must have been, according to the method of 

 calculation adopted above in the case of Gani-Coulour, J about 189 miles. 

 If Gani-Coulour 150 miles distant from Golconda was a seven days' journey 

 it follows that Raolconda must have been much nearer nine than five, and 

 therefore it seems probable that Tavernier really meant to write exactly the 

 converse of what he did write, and that we should transpose the distances 

 given respectively of Raolconda from Golconda and from Visapour. 



This being done and these new indices of position being applied to the 

 map, we are led unhesitatingly to identify Tavernier's Raolconda with the 



* Voyages des Indes, Paris, 1867, Ser. II, Chap. XV, p. 293. 



f This term or rather Karnata was an ancient Hindu geographical division 

 ■which comprehended the tableland of South India above the Ghats. See Hamilton's 

 Hindustan, Vol. II, p. 247. Also Ferishta's History by J. Scott, Vol. I, p. 45. 



