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H. Blochmann — Koch TZih&r and Asam. 
[No. 1, 
district of the N%a tribes, is about a journey of seven or eight days. Its south- 
ern mountains reach the Kb asiali (Aj-aA), Kachhar, and the Gonaser Hills* 
lengthways, and in the breadth, the Naga Hills. Its northern mountains 
reach the high ridges of Kamrup lengthways, and in the breadth the hills 
occupied by the Duflahs and the Landalis. 
The northern banks of the Brahmaputra form the Uttarkol ; the 
southern, the Dak’hinkol. The Uttarkol extends from Gawahatti to the 
country of the Mills and Michinls ; and the Dak hinkol from the kingdom 
of Nakirani to Sadiah. The hill tribes pay no tribute to the 
Rajah of Asam, but regard him with awe, and submit to some of his 
orders. But the Duflahs do not obey him, and often make raids into the 
Rajah’s territory. 
The distance between Kulyabar aad Ghargaon is well cultivated ; every- 
where are houses, gardens, and orchards. Along the sides of the road there 
submitted this passago, says in a letter — “ I cannot mate out the word ‘ Lnndah 
but from the relative position of the word with the names ol the other tribes of the 
North bank, I think, the author must mean the A'kas or Ankas ; and if yon read the 
passage thus “ The breadth of Asam from the hills inhabited by the (1) Mishmis, (2) 
Mins, (3) Duflahs, (4) Ankas, to the Naga Hills, &c.," yon have the tribes in their proper 
geographical order. Tom- author includes only Upper and Central Asam in his de- 
scription of what he calls Asam, excluding Kamrup. This explains what might other- 
wise appear obscure when he says (in the following sentence) — “The northern 
mountains (i e. those in which the Mishmis, Miris, &o., dwell) extend to the high 
ridges of Kamrup.” 
Regarding the Miris, Mishmis, and Duflahs (Dophlas) the reader will find the 
fullest information in Col. Dalton’s “ Ethnology of Bengal.” 
* The text has Kashmir ; the MS. of the Asiatic Society has^xiS" Kasidr, 
mjdSAS Kmashir. The ’A'lamjrrndmah boldy substitutes Srinagar (i. e., Kashmir), 
which Vansittart also gives. But this is absurd. I havo conjecturally translated 
Oonaser Hills, i. e. Qunasher, following the MS. of the Asiatic Society. A part 
of what we now call the Garo Hills is evidently meant ; and I find that Rennell, — but 
no modern map — calls the southern portion of the Garo Hills Oonaser (Map ix, of the 
Bengal Atlas). The order of his hills from the east is Kachhar Hills, Jaintiah Hills, 
Gonaser Hills, Karim Hills, Kuribari Hills. His Giro Hills are north of the Gonaser Hills. 
The word Naga is spelt with a nasal n, ‘ Nanga hence A T ansittart s Nanac. For his 
Zemlah, lUh we havo to read Daflahs — a shifting of the dot. 
f Col. Dalton says : — “ The author again excludes Kamrup from A'sam, and com- 
mences the Uttarkol from Gawahatti. The modern Gawahatti is on tho south bank; 
but the ancient city, called Pragjoitishpur, oocupied a vast area on both banks. 
Nakirani I cannot make out ; it may, however, refer to Deshrani, a large parganah 
of Kamrup, close to the modern Gawahatti.” 
Col. Dalton’s identification is confirmed by the author’s wish to exclude Kamrup 
from Asam; hence the Dak’hinkol must commence with the Deshrani parganah. The 
name again occurs below in the articles of peace (p. ‘J J) . 
