a kingdom of Asia, in the peninsula on this side the Ganges. It is bounded on the north by that of Orissa, on the west by that of Balagore, on the south by Bishnagar, and on the east by the gulf of Bengal. It abounds in corn, rice, and cattle; but that which renders it most remarkable are the diamond-mines, they being the most considerable in the world: they are usually purchased of the black merchants, who buy parcels of ground to search for these precious stones in. They sometimes fail in meeting with any, and in others they find immense riches. They have also mines of salt, fine iron for sword-blades, and curious calicoes and chinzes. is subject to the Great Mogul; and has a town of the same name, seated at the foot of a mountain, being one of the largest in the East Indies. It is about six miles in circumference; and was formerly the residence of the kings, till it was conquered by the Great Mogul. It is now much frequented by the European merchants.

B. Long. 70. 10. N. Lat. 16. 30.