324 . ON THE ANCIENT 
the Soa) aid the Ganges at’ Benares and Chunar, are the Mauli hills, 
Called also Rohite; ‘or the red hills, and after them the fort of Rohtas is 
aniominated, 1 es Somemgeh ie | | 
Berwren the Son a, and the Tamasa, or Tonsa, is the extensive range of . 
Caimur, in Sanserit, Cimnritya, so called because: it. is fortunate to die* 
amongst. them, ‘The hills of Calanyara, and Chitra-cél'a, or Chitra-sdnu 
in Pandela-chand; are often mentioned in the, Puranas, and also in 
some poetical works, Beyond the Chambala are the famous hilis of 
Rawata which - sien from the. Yamund, down to Gurjorét, and. m 
a N. W. direction along the Yamuné, as far as Dilli. That part of 
them which lies to the west of Mathura, as far north as. Dilli, is called 
the Déva- girt hills, i in the Scanda-pura an d, and Maya-giri, in the Bhaga- 
path They were the abode of the famous MLx va, the chief ‘engineer of the 
Deity yee He makes a most conspicuous, Agores in the Puréxé as, and parti- 
cularly in 1 the Mahé-bharata. The scene of his many atchievements, 
and perfor mances was about Dilli. ‘The inhabitants of these hills calls 
themselves Man yas or Meyos, to this soe but by their neighbours ey 
are denominated Mer youati, or Mevatis, 
"THE inferior mountains in the east, are the Gara hills, 3 in the spoken 
dialects Gar 0, between the Brahma-putra and Sithet, along: the southern 
boundary of Asda. They form a very extensive range, the western paris 
ma 
of which are called Dordnge-giri or Derén-giri, from the country they are 
* G. Commentary, p.'695 of my MS. 
+ Scanda-purdi a, section of Revd. Bhagavat, section the kOth. 
