ABSTRACT
From Bengala to the kingdom of Sinide runs the Ganges, which encloses all India from behind and by which ships bring sugar from Bengala to Sinide, whence they are trans-shipped from Sinide to Ormuz. The capital of their kingdom is called the great Samarcam, which is called 'capital of Tartary' in the maps. These are counted among the Scythians, as Josephus testifies in the first book of Antiquities, the which, according to him, are descended from Japhet, the son of Noah, by Magog. Along the China border after the Patanes lie the Mogores, whose kingdom is very great and exceedingly populous. This people is very warlike. They fight with bows and arrows on horseback, using breast-plate and helmets and short broad-swords. They are lords of Sinide and of the kingdom of Delli, which is a very great kingdom in the interior beyond Sinide and which extends the land inward to the confines of Cambaya.
