[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960) › c24.8 # Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c24.8 Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c24.8 - **Language:** English ### [c24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.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 - [Previous: c24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c24.7) - [Next: c24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c24.9) - [Up: c24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c24) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c24.8) · Pramāṇa