Voyage to the East IndiesPaulinus, a S. Bartholomaeo
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Voyage to the East Indies
Paulinus, a S. Bartholomaeo
India -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
_Modhura_, or _Moturapuri_, called by Pliny _Modura Deorum_, is
also a very ancient city, lying between _Agra_ and _Delhi_, in the
latitude of 27°. It is the birth-place of the god _Krishna_, or the
Indian Apollo, who here tended his herds. For this reason it is
called likewise _Gocula_ and _Ambàdi_, that is, the circuit of the
cows. It is situated on the river _Yamuna_, for which the Pagans have
the utmost veneration.
_Eloura_ or _Illoura_, properly _Ellur_, the city of sesamum, is at
present a town called _Douletabad_. It lies four Indian miles to
the north-west of _Aurungabad_. There is here a very ancient and
celebrated temple, a description of which has been given by Thevenot.
_Canudi_, and not _Canouge_, as Renaudot writes, is an ancient city,
the residence of the first Indian kings. The five brothers _Pandu_,
or _Pando_, who make so great a figure in the ancient history of
India, kept here their court. It lies in the latitude of 27°, on the
river _Càlini_, at the place where it discharges itself into the
Ganges.
_Patna_, a celebrated city on the Ganges, is placed in Father
Tiefenthaler’s map under the latitude of 25°. It contains a million
and a half of inhabitants, according to the assertion of Father
Marcus a Tumba, who has written a description of it. The English have
here a council and government, who are, however, subordinate to the
supreme council at Calcutta.
A more minute account of Indian cities and places may be found
in Tiefenthaler’s description of Hindostan, Anquetil du Perron’s
Historical and Geographical Researches, Rennel’s Memoir, and a very
important manuscript of Father Marcus a Tumba, preserved in the
Borgian museum at Velitri, and entitled _Su i luoghi santi dell’
India_. My object was merely to mention some places in the southern
part of India, which have been passed over in silence by the above
writers.
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