The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c7.s3: 3. Tâmralipti.

c7.s3.1

The kingdom of *Tan-mo-li-ti*, or Támralipti, is described as 1400 or 1500 *li*, about 250 miles, in circuit.* It was situated on the seashore, and the surface of the country was low and wet. The capital was in a bay, and was accessible both by land and water. *Támralipti* is the Sanskrit name of Tamluk, which is situated on a broad reach or bay of the Rupnârâyan river, 12 miles above its junction with the Hûghli. The district probably comprised the small but fertile tract of country lying to the westward of the Hûghli river, from Bardwân and Kalna on the north to the banks of the Kosai river on the south. From *Tâmalitti*, the Pâli form of the name, came the classical *Tamalites*.