Travels in India (Tavernier) 21.2.5

21.2.5

On the 31st, after having gone 4 coss or thereabouts, you meet the river Kaoa, which comes from the south; 3 coss lower you see another called Chanon, which falls from the north; 4 coss farther you discover that called Erguga, which comes from the south; and again, 6 coss below that of Aquera, which comes from the same quarter, and these four rivers lose their names in the Ganges. All that day I beheld lofty mountains on the south side, and at a distance from the Ganges some 10 coss and some 15 coss, and I came to a halt at Monger (Mongir) town, 18 coss. The first day of January 1666, after having sailed two hours I saw the Gandaic enter the Ganges from the north. It is a large navigable river. This evening the halt was at Zangira (Janjira,) 8 coss. But as the Ganges twisted much during the day it is by water fully 22 coss. During the 2d, between 6 o’clock in the morning and about 11 o’clock, I saw three rivers enter the Ganges, and they all three come from the north side. The first is called Ronova, the second Tae, and the third Chanan. I slept at Baquelpour (Bhagalpur), 18 coss. The 3d, after four hours’ travelling on the Ganges, I encountered the river Ivatare, which comes from the north, and slept this day at a village called Pongangel, at the end of the mountains which abut on the Ganges, 13 coss. On the 4th [January], one hour below Pongangel, I met a great river called Mart-nadi (Kalindry?), which comes from the north, and I slept at RAGEMEHALE (RAJMAHAL), 6 coss.