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the kingdom of Silhet,[1] ten; thence to the city of Bhut,[2] twelve; thence tor two hundred parasangs it is called Tilút, where the men are very black, and flat-nosed like the Turks. It extends to the mountains of Kámrú,[3] to the sea and to Nípal. Travellers in this direction report that going to the left hand towards the east, which is the country of Tibet, one arrives at Nípal at twenty parasangs distance, all on the ascent.[4]
From Nípal to Bhútesar[5] is thirty days’ journey, which implies a distance of about eighty parasangs. There are many ascents and descents. There, on account of the steep and rugged roads, they carry burdens on the shoulders. Bridges are built in several places, and the rivers run in deep channels a hundred yards below the surface of the hills. They say that in those places there are stags with four eyes, and very beautiful.
Bhútesar is the first city on the borders of Tibet. There the language, costume, and appearance of the people are different. Thence to the top of the highest mountain, of which we spoke at the beginning, is a distance of twenty parasangs. From the top of it Tibet looks red and Hind black.
From Kanauj, in travelling south-east, on the western side of the Ganges, you come to Jajáhotí, at a distance of thirty parasangs, of which the capital is Kajuráha.[6] In that country there are two forts
- ↑ This may be the Silhet Sháhjahánpúr of the Gorakhpúr district, near the Gandak. In that case, Tilút would correspond with Tirhút.
- ↑ [So in MS. D.; Reinaud has Bhot; A. and C. agree in reading
, B. has an entirely different name .]
- ↑ [The MSS. C. and D., agree with Reinaud in reading Kámrú, for Kámrúp, which is no doubt right. A. and B. have
, and the first edition had “Meru.”]
- ↑ [This passage is not in A. nor in the old version from the Indian MSS.; but it is given by Reinaud.]
- ↑ M. Reinaud reads Yhoutyscher; the same reading occurs at p. 40.
- ↑ This is no doubt the Kajwará of Ibn Batuta, “at which there is a late about a mile in length, and round this are temples in which there are idols” (p. 162). Its real name is Kajráí, on the banks of the Ken, between Chatterpúr and Panna, said to have been founded by the great parent of the Chandel race. The Kingdom of which it is the capital, is evidently the Chi-chi-to of the Chinese travellers. The ruined temples at Kajráí are of great antiquity and interest. They are described in the Mahoba Sama, and there said to hive been built by Hamotí, upon the occasion of her having held a Banda jag, or penitential sacrifice. She had com-
