Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.478

c8.478

Srihaṭṭa.—The Yoginītantra (2. 1. 112-113; 2. 2. 119) mentions it. Sylhet occupies the lower valley of the Surma river. It is bounded on the north by the Khasi and Jaintia hills, on the east by Cachar, on the south by the State of Hill Tipperah and on the west by the districts of Tipperah and Mymensingh. It is a broad and level valley bounded on either side by hills of great height. The Barak is the principal river, which flows through Manipur, Cachar, and Sylhet and finally empties itself into the old bed of the Brahmaputra near Bhairab Bazar. The climate of Sylhet is warmer and not less humid than that of the Assam valley (B. C. Allen, Sylhet, Assam District Gazetteers, Vol. II).