PERSIA. 



47 



TheDec- 

 can,* or 

 southern 

 provin- <j 



empire. 



Grand Divisions. Provinces. 



"Candeish 



Berar 



Orissa , 



Dowlatabad, or Ahmedna- 



gur 



J Visiapour, or Bejapour 



'V. 1 ', j Golconda, or Hydrabad . , 

 ces ol the j } 



Mogul 



The northern Circars 



South-east 



coast, usu- 

 .. ,, , Carnada, or 

 ally caled J theCarnadc 



the coast oi } 



Coroman- 



del. 



Southern 

 Hindoos- 

 tan (im- 

 properly); Mysore 

 called the 1 Lviysoie 



Peninsu 



laofHin- Tanjore 



doostan. Madura 



Tinevelly . 

 'Travancore 



Calicut 

 South-west 

 coast usu- 

 ally called ■> ,-, 

 ,!■ ' c ' Canara 



the coast ol 



Malabar. 



The Pirate 

 _coast. 



The Concan 



I 



Chief Towns. 

 Burhanpour. 

 Nagpour. 



Cuttack. 



> Aurungabad. 



Visiapour. 

 Hydrabad. 



Ciracole, Visigapatam, 

 Rajamundry. 

 Fllore. 



Condapilly, Masulipatam. 

 Guntoor. 

 Pullicate, Dutch. 

 MadrasorFort? E.lo.80"29^ 

 St. George $ N. la. 13 5 

 Arcot. [Dutch. 



Sadras, or Sadraspatam, 

 <^ St. Thomas, Portuguese. 



IPondicherry, late French. 

 Fort St. David, English. 

 J Porto Novo. 

 j Cuddalore. 

 ^Devicotta. 

 Coimbetore. 

 Trichinopoly. 

 Tranquebar, Danish. 

 { Seringapatam. 

 J Bednore. 

 j Chitteldroog. 

 v Bengalore. 

 , Tanjore. 

 Madura. 

 Palamcotta. 

 . Travancore. 



{Cochin. 

 Calicut. 

 Tellicherry. 

 Barcelore. 

 COnore. 

 ' I Goa, Portuguese. 

 ^Severndroog. 

 j Gheriah. 



) r k ^E. Ion. 72°38'„ 

 (Bombay ^ ^ lg ^ 



The provinces of the Mogul empire were divided into circars, 

 which were again subdivided into purgunnahs, the former of which 

 may be compared to counties, and the latter to hundreds. The pro- 



* This name Deccan signifies the South, and, in its most extensive signification, includes 

 the -whole peninsula south of Hindoostan Proper. However, in its ordinary significa- 

 tion, it nieans only the countries situated between Mindoostan Proper, the Oarnatic, and 

 Orissa; that is the provinces of Candeish, Berar, Ameduagur, Hydrabad, Visiapour,, 

 and Orissa. 



RenneWs Introduction to the Memoir of his Map of Hindooatan, p. cxH-, 



