The Empire of the Great Mogol. A Translation of De Laet’s “ Description of India and Fragment of Indian History ”

Df the court the manners and a.stimet of the rich the pursuits of the common people and the economic condition of tie Country*as a w'hole are depicted with a realim of foul:Nand a minuteness of detail ' which will make thevx THE EMPIRE OF 311R GREAT MOROI. [...] PART I. GEOGRAPHY AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE MUGLIAL EMPIRE..... CHAPTER I.— Topographical Description of India or The Empire of the Great Mogol. t Introduction... / Boundaries of the Empire 2 Provinces of the Empire 4 Gujarat c6 Surat 17 Ca1;lbay. It; The Province of Khandesh 28 The Province of Malwa 33 The Province of Gwalior 35 The Province of Agra 36 The Province of Del [...] Sanskrit writers collectively called the rivers Sapta Sindhavas or seven Sindhus (ltrivirs) !the Indus the Jhelum the Chenab the Ravi the Beas the Sutle#and the Saitsiati."4 THE EIRE OF THE GHEE* bIOGOL PROVINCES OF THE EMPIRE. [...] the following boundaries-.—In the east the kingdom of Maugh: in the west partly Persia partly (tewards the south) thig ocean in the north.the Caucasus and Tartaria in the south the kingdom of the Deccan and the Bay of Bengal. [...] At a distance of 8 leucae9 from the capital 8 The rivers mentioned are the Kabul (Coa) the Swat 4 Suastu§) the Indus the Jhelum the Ravi and the Sutlej.