‘The travels of Sig. Pietro della Valle, a noble Roman, into East-India and Arabia Deserta. In which, the several countries, together with the customs, manners, traffique, and rites both religious and civil, of those Oriental princes and nations, are faithfully described: In familiar letters to his friend Signior Mario Schipano. Whereunto is added a relation of Sir Thomas Roe’s voyage into the East-Indies’ [‎357] (378/508)

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^Cindpal Rock, through which this River there makes a
ib indeed^ or (if not)according to the fancy of the Su-
perftltious Indians, like a Cow's which of all fenfible Crea^
tures chey lorn befi (of which inore hereafter) thither they af-
femble \hemfelves daily in Troops to wafh their bodies, afcri-
bing a Certain Divinity to Waters, but more efpecially to the
Water in the River Ganges, And thither our famous Cory at
went likewife to view this place.
29. Kakares, the principal Cities are called Dekalee and P»r-
hola^ it is a large Province, but exceeding mountainous, divi*
ded it is fr6m Tartaria by the Mountain Caucajns 5 it is the ex-
tremeft part North under the Aiogol's fubjeftion,
30. Cor, the chief City fo called, it is^full of Mountains5
the River Serfily, a tributary unto Ganges, hathi its beginning
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31. Titan, the chief City fo called, the River Canda waters ^^
it,and fals into Ganges in the Confines thereof.
32. the chief City is caMed > the Ri-^ /'//
ver Serflly parts it from Titan : This and Gor are the North-eaft- ^ r ^ ^ '
boundsof this Monarchy. y ' '
35. Tatna, the chief City fo called 5 the River Ganges bounds
it on the Weft, Serfily on the Eaft , it is a very fertile Province,
34. Jefuat, the chief City is called R ^iapore 'y it lieth Eaft of
Tatna, ^
35. the chief City i§calkdr Nitrnoljy « is very moun-
tainous. ; c
36. Vdefia, the chief City called Jekanat $ it isthemoft re-^^^
mote part Eaft of this Empire.
37. a moft fpacious and fruitful Province, but more
properly to be called a Kingdom, which hath two very large
Provinces within it, Turb and Tatan j the one lying on the Eaft,
the other on the Weft-fide of the River Ganges : It is limited by
the Golph of the fame name, whereinto the River Ganges (which
at laft comes to be divided into four great Currents) difchargeth
it felf, after it hath found a way through the MogoU Territories
more xhzn fifteen hundred miles in length. The chief Cities in it
are Ragawahatand Dekaka. It hath many Havensmd Torts be
longing unto it, which are places of very great trade.
Now thefe are the feveral Trevinces belonging to the Great
Mogol, and all of them under his fubjedion, which may be be
held all together at one view in this moft exad affixed -Map, firft
made by the efpecial obfervation and diredhon of that moft able
and honourable Gentleman, Sir Thomas Row, here contracted in
to a Ids compafs ^ yet large enough to demonftrate, that this
great Empire is bounded on the Eaji, with the Kingdom of MaHg \
Weli, with Per fid ^ and with the Main Oceans Southerly j North,
with the Mountain Caucafus and Tartaria $ South, with Decan and
the Gulph of Bengala.Decan, lying in the fkirts of Ajfa, is divided
betwixt three Mahumetan Trinces,&xxd fome other Indian Rhaiaes,
which are Princes likewife.