Travels in India (Tavernier) 21.1.1

21.1.1

I parted from Agra for Bengal on the 25th of November 1665 and lay the same day at a poor caravansaraï distant from Agra 3 coss. The 26th [Nov.] I reached Beruzabad (Ferozábád), 9 coss. It is a small town, where, on my return, I received 8000 rupees of the balance of the money which Zafar Khán owed me for the goods which he had bought from me at Jahánábád. The 27th [Nov.] to Serail Morlides (?) . 9 coss. 28th „ „ Estanja (Etáwah) . 14 „ 29th „ „ Haii-Mal (Ajit-Mál) . 12 „ 30th „ „ Sekandera (Sikandra) . 13 „ 1st of Dec. to Sanqual (near Musanagar) 14 „ I met on this day 110 waggons, each drawn by 6 oxen, and there was upon each waggon 50,000 rupees. It was the revenue of the Province of Bengal, of which all charges being paid and the purse of the Governor well filled, amounted to 5,500,000 rupees. At one league on this side of Sanqual you cross a river called Sengar, which flows into the Jumna, which is only half a league distant. You cross this river Sengar by a stone bridge, and when you arrive from the Bengal side, to go to Sironj and Surat, if you wish to shorten the journey by ten days, when quitting the road to Agra you must come as far as this bridge, and cross the river Jumna by boat. Nevertheless the route by Agra is generally taken, because by the other there are five or six days’ stony marches, and because one must pass through the territories of Rajas where there is danger of being robbed. The 2d [December] I came to a caravanserai called Cherourabad, 12 coss.