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GURWHAL, OR SHREENAGUR.
"GURWHAL is situated chiefly
between 30 and 31 degrees of north latitude, and between the meridians
of 78° and 79° 20'. On the west it is limited by the upper
course of the river Jumna, and on the north
it reaches to the snowy summits of the Himalaya. The eastern portion
of Gurwhal is now included
within the British province of Kumaon:
the western forms a native state under British protection.
The latter has an area of 4500 square miles, and a population which is
supposed not to exceed 100,000.
The Gurwhal dialect has been little studied, but it is supposed
to bear a considerable resemblance
to the Hinduwee: it is
sometimes called (from the name of the capital of Gurwhal) the Shreenagur
dialect. A translation of the New Testament was
undertaken at Serampore in 1816;
the Gospel of
St. Matthew was printed in 1820, and the entire New Testament at some period
prior to 1832; but
means for the circulation of this edition have hitherto been utterly
wanting."--The Bible of Every Land. (1860, Second Edition)
Samuel Bagster [Info only]
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