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Anal. Dárya-púr, in Berár, Lat. 20°, Long. 77°, in Hindostán, Lat. 28°, Long. 78°; Dárya-
khán, in Hindostán, Lat. 31°, Long. 72°. Deriáu, a dialectical modification of Dáryá, we
very frequently found connected in Turkistán with the names of rivers; there it signified
only river.

Darveshabád, in Audh, Lat. 26°, Long. 80° . . . . . . . . . . . درویش آباد Hind.
"Town of the darveshes" (dervishes), religious mendicants.

Dásgáû, in Bengál, Lat. 23°, Long. 87° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . دس گاتو Hind.
"Ten villages."
Anal. Dás-nagar, in Bengál, Lat. 24°, Long. 91°; Dás-pára, in Bengál, Lat. 23°, Long. 90°;
Dás-pur, in Bengál, Lat. 22°, Long. 87°.

Dáudpútra, a tribe inhabiting the southern banks of the Sátlej داوود پوترا Arab. Hind.
"David's sons." Dávud, or Daud, David.
Anal. Dáud Khél (khel, clan), in the Pánjáb, Lat. 32°, Long. 71°; Daud-nagar, in Bándel-
khánd, Lat. 25°, Long. 84°; Dáud-pur, in Orissa, Lat. 19°, Long. 83°, in Audh, Lat. 26°,
Long. 81°.

Daulatabád, in Kandésh, Lat. 20°, Long. 75° . . . . . . . . . . . دولت آباد Arab. Pers.
"Daúlat's town, or town of wealth." Daúlat, riches, wealth, is also used as part
of a proper name.
Anal. Daulat-gánj, in Bengál, Lat. 23°, Long. 88°; Daulat-gárh, in Rájvára, Lat. 25°,
Long. 74°; Dáulat-púr, in Málva, Lat. 22°, Long. 76°, in Sindh, Lat. 26°, Long. 68°, in
Bándelkhánd, Lat. 26°, Long. 78°, &c.; Daulat-vála (vála, village, town), in the Pánjáb,
Lat. 31°, Long. 70°.

Debgrám, in Bengál, Lat. 26°, Long. 88° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . देवयाम (Sanskr.) Beng.
"God's village."

Déhli, or Dílli, in Hindostán, Lat. 28°, Long. 77° . . . . . . دهلی or دلی Pers.
"The threshold (of Hindostán?)"
I could not obtain any satisfactory details concerning the origin of this name.

Dékhan, or Dákhin, a province of India . . . . . . . . . . . . . . دکهن Hind.
"Southern," from the Sanskrit दक्षिण dákshina. About the former use of this name see
Sir Erskine Perry, Bombay Br. As. Soc. 1853, p. 289; Col. Sykes, Phil. Transactions, and
Klaproth, Foe Koue Ki, English translation, p. 319.

Demír Tash, a mountain in Turkistán, Lat. 36°, Long. 78° . . . دمیر طاش Turk.
"Iron stone." The natives referred this name to the hardness of the rock, a volcanic trap,
the first we met, 6 degrees of latitude to the north of India.
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