INDIA WITHIN THE GANGES, 



OR 



HINDOOSTAN, 



LATE THE EMPIRE OF THE GREAT MOGUL, 



SITUATION AND EXTENT. 



Miles. 



Length 1890 

 Breadth 1550 



between 



Degrees. 



8 and 35 North latitude. 

 67 and 92 East longitude. 



Sq. Miles. 

 8/0,910. 



Name. ...The name of India is derived from the river Indus, and is 

 extended to all countries to the south of Tartary between that river 

 and China. This region has been divided into India within, and India 

 beyond the Ganges, the former comprehending the northern part of 

 Hindoostan, and the southern improperly called the fiminsula, or the 

 Hither Peninsula ; the latter, all the countries from the Ganges to the 

 frontiers of China, with the peninsula of Malacca, or the Farther 

 Peninsula. 



The na e of Hindoostan appears to be of uncertain derivation. It 

 is not a native term, the Hindoos calling their country Bharata. It is 

 supposed to have been given by the Persians, and to have a reference 

 to the river Indus, or Sinde, with the Persian termination stan, signi- 

 fying country. Mr. Fraser says, Hindoo signifies swarthy or black, 

 and Hindoostan the country of the swarthy people. 



Boundaries. ...This extensive country is bounded on the north by 

 Usbec Tartary and Tibet ; on the east by Ass^m, Arracan, and the 

 bay of Bengal ; on the south by the Indian Ocean ; and by the same 

 ocean and by Persia on the west. 



Chief Towns. 

 'Calcutta, or ") E. Ion. 88° 29' 

 Fort William I N lat. 22 35 

 Hoogly VEnglish. 



Dacca I 



Moorshedabad. J 

 Patna. 

 Allahabad. 

 Luc know. 

 Agra. 



Delhi. E. Ion. 77° 40' N. lat. 29° 15' 

 Cabui. 

 Candahar. 

 Lahore. 



Cashmere, or Serinagur. 

 Moultan. 

 Tatta. 

 Agimere. 



Ahmedabad, Cambac, Surat. 

 Ougein, Indore. 



Grand Divisions. 



Provinces. 



HindoostanProper. 

 Provinces to the J 

 N. E. and N. on) 

 the Ganges. 



Provinces 

 N. W. 

 Indus. 



to the 



Bengal 



Bahar . . 

 Allahabad 

 Oude . . 

 Agra . . 

 Delhi . . 

 Cabui . . 

 Candahar 

 Lahore 

 Cashmere 



on the<^ Moultan 



I Sinde . 

 Agimere 

 j Guzerat 

 L Malwa 



