Volume 2

The East-India gazetteer; containing particular descriptions of the empires, kingdoms, principalities, provinces, cities, towns, districts, fortresses, harbours, rivers, lakes, &c. of Hindostan, and the adjacent countries, India beyond the Ganges, and the eastern archipelago; together with sketches of the manners, customs, institutions, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, revenues, population, castes, religion, history, &c. of their various inhabitants / By Walter Hamilton.

  • Hamilton, Walter, M.R.A.S.
Date:
1828
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Credit: The East-India gazetteer; containing particular descriptions of the empires, kingdoms, principalities, provinces, cities, towns, districts, fortresses, harbours, rivers, lakes, &c. of Hindostan, and the adjacent countries, India beyond the Ganges, and the eastern archipelago; together with sketches of the manners, customs, institutions, agriculture, commerce, manufactures, revenues, population, castes, religion, history, &c. of their various inhabitants / By Walter Hamilton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    JEOR. kantpoor families are said to be line- ally descended.—{Sisson^ ^c.) Jelpigory.—A small town (for¬ merly fortified) in the province of Bengal, district of Rungpoor, sixty- five miles N.N.W. from Rungpoor town ; hit. 26° 30'N., Ion. 88° 25' E. Jf.i.py Aumnair.—A town in the province of Gundwana, situated at the confluence of the Tuptee and Gurgah rivers, being washed on two sides by their waters;- lat. 21° 27' N., Ion. 76° 54' E. A few scattered houses, called the pottah, are near the Tuptee, and about 200 yards from the south-east angle of the fort, on the margin of the Gurgah, there is a Mahomedan mausoleum. It was eva¬ cuated to the British troops in 1819, after the batteries were opened.— {Blackery ^c.) Jemaulabad.—A town in the pro¬ vince of Canara, originally named Narsinga Angady; lat. 13° 3'N., Ion. 75° 25' E. The fort built here by Tippoo stands on an immense rock, which is wholly inaccessible except by one narrow path, and may be deemed impregnable. The nature of the ac¬ cess to it renders the descent in the face of an enemy nearly as difficult as the ascent; so that a very small body of men with artillery are ade¬ quate to blockade a strong garrison, which renders the place of little use except as a safeguard for treasure. When Seringapatam had fallen Tip- poo’s garrison was summoned, but held out for six weeks; when, after three days’ bombardment, the soldiers ran off, the commandant poisoned himself, and the principal officers who submitted to be taken, were hanged. —(jP. Buchanan^ ^-c.) Jemlah (Yumila).—An extensive country in Northern Hindostan, si¬ tuated to the north of Jajarcote, and npw subject to the Nepaulese. Ac¬ cording to the account given by an intelligent native, after passing the hilly boundary that separates it from Jajarcote, a fine valley, cut by deep ravines, is entered, said to extend tyvcnty miles from east to west, and ten from north to south, in many re¬ spects resembling that of Nepaul, but more checquered with low hills. It is said to be well cultivated, produc¬ ing wheat, barley, pease, lentils, and maize; but too cold for the sugar¬ cane. Besides the plain in which Chinachin is built, the Jemlah rajas held a great extent of narrow vallies and mountains, many of the latter covered with perpetual snow. One of the most important products of Jemlah is salt, said to be procured at a place named Muckhola, reckoned from ninety to 100 miles road dis¬ tance from Chinachin towards the north-east. The natives report, that at Mukhola there is a large space containing many pools, which in winter are covered with snow, and in summer with a saline incrusta¬ tion : but this does not appear pro¬ bable. According to the same au¬ thority, one-fourth of the inhabitants are Brahmins, Rajpoots, and Kha- siyas, who follow the Brahrninical doctrines ; but the Bhooteas are the most numerous, and along with the Gurungs, Rohanies, Khaties, and Rahals (all impure tribes) make up the remaining three-fourths, who mostly adhere to the Lamas. The language spoken at court is the Khas, but the dialect varies so much from that of Palpa and Gorkha that even the titles of the chief government offi¬ cers are different, although regulated by similar forms of administration. The principal town in the valley is Chinachin, and there are others scattered over the great space that formerly composed the Jemlah prin¬ cipality ; but, owing to the extreme jealousy of the Gorkhas, scarcely any thing is known regarding the interior. Jemlah was conquered by Run Baha¬ dur, the regent of Nepaul.—{F. Bvr- chanan, ^c.) Jenjapoor.—A town in the pro¬ vince of Bahar, district of Tirhoot, eighty miles N.E. from Patna ; lat. 26° 14' N., Ion. 86° 20' E. Jeor.—A well-built and beautiful village in the mountainous country of Bejapoor, situated within the do-