Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c24.8

c24.8

Stewart regards Dacca as a modern town since he could not trace its name in Abul Fazl’s *Ain-i-Akbarī* which gives an exhaustive account of Akbar’s dominions ; but H. Blochman pointed out that the Mahall to which it belonged is actually mentioned in the *Ain-i-Akbarī* as Dhakkā Bāzū, although in Gladwin’s translation of the work the name is spelt as *Dukha Bazoo*.¹ Blochman further points out that *Ḍhākā* also occurs in Abul Fazl’s *Akbarnāmah* composed in 1584 A.D. and that A. Phayre refers it to 1400 A.D.²