Fall of the Mughal Empire v1.c8.s2.17

v1.c8.s2.17

From Bardwān (north of the Dāmodar river) the old Mughal road proceeds north-east to Katwā, 35 miles off. On this road, 21 miles from Bardwān, is a half way station at Nigun-sarāi, from which Katwā is only 14 miles distant. At Katwā the old course of the Ganges, called Bhāgirathi or the river of Murshidābād and Calcutta, is crossed and the road runs 40 miles northwards to Murshidābād, the capital of Bengal under the later Mughal dynasty. Eleven miles up from Katwā, on the eastern bank of the river stands the village of Palāshi (Plassey), the scene of the historic battle which gave Bengal to the English. The entire country is a dead flat alluvial plain.