PURRAH, a town of Hindustan, in the province of Bengal, and district of Rajmahal. In 1353 it was a royal residence, the capital of Hyas, the second independent sovereign of Bengal, when it was taken by the Emperor Feroze. The city was much extended during the reign of Rajah Causa, the Hindu monarch of Bengal, who died in 1392. His son removed the seat of government back to Gour. Some of the ruins of this city still remain. It is ten miles north-east from Maulda. Long. 89. 9. E. Lat. 25. 9. N.