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Aghagánj, in Audh, Lat. 26°, Long. 82° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . آغا گنج Turk. Hind.
"Lord's market."

Ahmadabád, in Gujrát, Lat. 22°, Long. 72° . . . . . . . . . . . احمد آباد Arab. Pers.
"Áhmad's town." Áhmad, praised, is frequently used as a personal name.
Anal. Ahmad-nágar, in the Dékhan, Lat. 19°, Long. 74°; in Gujrát, Lat. 23°, Long. 73°;
in Hindostán, Lat. 27°, Long. 78°, &c.; Ahmad-púr, in the Pánjáb, Lat. 28°, Long. 70°,
Lat. 29°, Long. 71°, Lat. 30°, Long. 71°, &c., &c.

Ajmir, in Rajvára, Lat. 26°, Long. 75° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . اجمیر Hind.
Lassen, Ind. Alt.¹ Vol. I., p. 111, translates Ája-midha by a capro mictum, and considers it
as a kind of name of contempt given to this place by the inhabitants of the adjacent
districts.—Wilson, Skr. Dict. considers it to be a surname of the king Yudishtira, and to
signify loved by the unborn (by Vishnu). The separation, however, into Ájam and idha,
the former being the accusative, is also objected to by Böhtlingk and Roth.

Akaligárh, in the Pánjáb, Lat. 32°, Long. 73° . . . . . . . . . اکالی گڑھ Hind.
Akáli, immortal, is the name adopted by a tribe of the Sikhs.

Akbarabad, in Hindostán, Lat. 27°, Long. 78° . . . . . . . . . . اکبر آباد Arab.Pers.
"Ákbar's city." Ákbar, the greatest, a personal name. This is the name given to Ágra
by the Mussalmáns, in honour of the great Mógul emperor of this name.
Anal. Akbar-púr, in Málva, Lat. 22°, Long. 77; in Hindostán, Lat. 26°, Long. 80°, Lat. 27°,
Long. 77°, Lat. 27°, Long. 79.

Áksu, in Turkistán . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . اق صو Turk.
"White water." Name of several rivers in Turkistán; the epithet white generally refers to
a greyish colour produced by suspended matter washed down from the glaciers and their
moraines.
Anal. Ak-tágh, white mountain, in Turkistán, Lat. 36°, Long. 77°. Ak-tásh, white stone,
in Turkistán, Lat. 40°, Long. 71°.

Akyáb, in Arrakán, Lat. 20°, Long. 92° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berm.
According to Colonel Phayre this name is derived from that of a pagoda situated near this
town, called: Akyáb-dau-kun, royal jawbone hillock; from a jawbone of Gautama's being
buried here. Thornton's Gazetteer, p. 20.

Alampúr, in Maissúr, Lat. 15°, Long. 78° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . علم پور Arab.Hind.
"Standard town."