Travels in India (Tavernier) 23.1

23.1

I have made several journeys to Golconda, and by different routes, sometimes by sea, from Hormuz to Masulipatam, sometimes from Agra, and most frequently from Surat, which is the great threshold of Hindustan. I shall not speak in this chapter save of the ordinary route from Surat to Golconda, in which I include that from Agra, which leads to DaulatAbAd, as I shall describe in due course, only making mention, in order not to weary the reader, of two journeys which I made in 1645 and 1653. I left Surat on the 19th of January of the year 1645 and camped at Cambari (?) ... 3 coss. From Cambari to Barnoli (BArdoli) . 9 ,, ,, Barnoli to Beara (BehArA). . 12 ,, ,, Beara to Navapour (NawApurA) . 16 ,, This is the place where, as I have said, the best musk-scented rice in the world grows. From Navapour to Rinkula (?) . . 18 coss. ,, Rinkula to Pipelnar (Pimpalnar, or Pimpulni) . . . 8 „ ,, Pipelnar to Nimpour (Naunpur) . 17 ,, ,, Nimpour to Patane (PatnA). . 14 „ Patane to Secoura (Sakorā ?) 14 coss. Secoura to Baquela (Wāklā) 10 „ Baquela to Disgaon (Deogāon) . 10 ,, Disgaon to Dultabat (Daulatābād) 10 „ Daulatābād is one of the best forts in the kingdom of the Great Mogul; it is on a mountain, scarped on all sides, the road which they have made to it being so narrow that only one horse or one camel can pass at a time.