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north the Kako bai; and below them the just as the Dabassae, perhaps on the mountains of Basana rai.
the same name. There is still a tribe of Dhobas 20. Next comes the country of Khalkitis, in Dinajpur, one of the districts of the north-east in which are very many copper mines.
of Bengal, on the confines of the ancient Kamardpa. South of this, extending to the Great Gulf
To the east of the Dobassa mountains, towards the
frontiers of the Sinae, the tribe of the Kakobai is the Koudoutai, and the Barrhai, and
fonnd to a surety in that of the Khokos, who after them the Indoi, then the Doânai,
occupy the same districts. The Basannarae, in a along the river of the same name.
locality more southern, are very probably the 21. To these succeeds a mountainous conn- | Bhanzas, a tribe of the mountains to the south of try adjoining the country of Robbers (Apotên), Tippera, east of the month of the Brahmaputra. wherein are found elephants and tigers. The In the Kondorttai and the Barrbai, it is easy to inhabitants of the Robber country are re- recognize, though Ptolemy carries them too far ported to be savages (Onprodeus), dwelling in
into the south, the Kolitas and the Bhars or Bhora, caves, and that have skins like the hide of
two of the most notable parts of the population of
Western As&m, and of the districts of Bengal that the hippopotamus, which darts cannot pierce
belong to Kamarapa. The Dolnai or Daonai are throngh.
perpetuated in the Zaen of Eastern As&m; and Anina khai:-The position Ptolemy assigns to the name of the Lestae, the last of the list, correthem is the mountain region to the north of the sponds to all appearance to that of the Lepchhas, a Brahmaputra, corresponding to a portion of Lower well-known mountain race on the confines of Asâm.
Sikkim to the west of the Tista." For notices of Indaprathai-This is a purely Hindu the tribes which he has thus identified with those name. In Sanskrit documents and in inscrip
of Ptolemy, he refers to the Journal of the Asiatic tions mention is made of several towns in Society of Bengal, vols. VI, IX, XIV, and XVIII. the provinces of the Ganges, which had taken the His identification of the Lestai with the Lepchbas name of the old and famous Indraprastha (the is in every way unfortunate. That the name Ayoral modern Dehli), and we may conclude that the is not a transcript of any indigenous name, but Indaprathai of the East were & Brabmanic
the Greek name for robbers or pirates, is apparent settlement. In subsequent times Sanskrit desig- from the fact alone that the has the iota dations spread further down into the Dekhan subscribed. The Lepohhas, moreover, live among with the cultus, either of the Brahmans or the mountains, far in the interior, while Ptolemy Baddhists. Instances in point are Modura and locates his Léstai along the shores of the Gulf of Kosamba, which have been already noticed. The
Siam. Indapréthai appear to bave established themBelves in the districts S. of the Brahmaputra, and Ptolemy gives next a list of 33 towns in the of the Aninakbai.
interior by way of supplement to those already I bêringai and Dabasai or Damas. mentioned as situated along the course of the si:-The Damassai (now the Dimasas as Ganges, followed by a list of the towns in the already noticed), occupied the region extending Golden Khersonese :from their homonymous mountains to the Brahmaputra, but further to the east than the Aninakhai
22. The inland towns and villages of this and Ibêringai.
division (Transgangetic India), in addition Nangalo gai:-Many tribes still existing on to those mentioned along the Ganges are the hills, east and north-east of Silhet, are called called :Nagas. This name, which is given correctly in Selampoura ............... 148° 30° 33° 20' Ptolemy as Nanga, is the Indian word for naked, Kanogiza ................ 143° and according to Yule it is written Nanga in
Kassida
146° 31° 10 the Musalman History of Asâm. The absoluto
Eldana ............
31° nakedness of both sexes, he says, continues in
Asanabara these parts to the present day. The latter half of
............
31° 30 Arkhinara ............
31° the name log (Sanskrit lok), is the Indian term for peoplo, mankind, or the world, as Ptolemy has
Ourathênai ............
31° 207 it.
Sonanagoura ............ 145° 30' 299 300 With regard to the other tribes enumerated, Sagoda or Sadóga ...... 155° 20' 29° 20° Saint Martin remarks (Etude, pp. 345-6) Anina
..................... 162° 29° "The Ibêringai are still tribe of the north | Salatha....................... 165° 40' 28° 20'
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