Lahor

1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun.

Lahor, Lahorium, Bucephala, a City of the East-Indies, which is also called Pengeab. It is seated upon the River Ravi; one hundred and eighty Miles from Multan to the East, three hundred and sixty from Agra to the North, in Lat. 31. 50. as M. Thevenot states it. This River falls into the Indus at Luckar. The name of Pengeab is given to this Province and City by the Moguls who are Lords of it; and signifies in their Tongue the Five Rivers. This was anciently the common Residence of the Moguls, and then in a much more flourishing Condition than now: the Castle, being very strong, and part of the Royal Palace retain their former Beauty; the rest of the noble Structures are much decayed: some Streets, of near a League in length, are falling down, and ruinous: yet is this no old Town, having been raised, since the days of Humayon, one of the Moguls, who brought it to be a City of three Leagues in length, in a short time. Yet this Town is full of Mechanicks, and all sorts of Manufactures, made in these Countries. § The Province of Lahor or Pengeab, is bounded on the North by Cassimer; on the East by the Kingdom of Negercoot; on the South by Jenba, or Genupara; and on the West by Multan; it is one of the largest and most plentiful Provinces in the Mogul's Empire, by reason of the Rivers: yields Rice, Corn, Fruits, and reasonable good Wine in great abundance; and the best Sugars in the Indies: out of which ariseth to the Prince a Revenue of thirty seven Millions and upwards, as the Indians reported to M. Thevenot. //Paris Meridian was used in the book