GAZETTER

GEOGRAPHY of INDOSTAN 
Indostan is a country hemmed in on all sides by impressive natural barriers. To the north lie the massive and impenetrable Heralayan Mountains, their highest peaks towering many miles above the low-lying lands to the south. West are the mountains of the Khubulis, which separate Indostan from the arid lands of the fierce Khubulistan tribesmen. East, the flat, swampy lowlands of eastern Indostan rise steeply into jungle-swathed hills which mark the boundaries of the territories of the Burpa Empire. And around all the rest lies the great ocean.

Much of northern Indostan is flat and covered in light forest. In the northeast is the Great Indostani Desert, which spans from the coast northeast toward the Heralayas.

Further south, two parallel mountain ranges, both far older and more weathered than the craggy, snow-capped Heralayas, run west from the coast across to the flood plain of the Ghooles far to the east. Behind these is the Peccan plateau. Bordering the plateau to the west are the Gnat Mountains.

On the seaward side of this range is a belt of tropical jungle. Far to the east are the lowlands, whose swampy ground is prone to severe seasonal flooding when the monsoons come. Much of the coastal area is a wide delta into which flows the mighty Ghooles, the most sacred of Indostan’s rivers. The other great river, the Indos, begins as a series of streams high in the Heralayas before crashing through the grasslands above the desert and onward to the sea.

Indostan’s climate varies greatly from a sweltering tropical heat in the south to cooler, temperate climes in the north near the Heralayan foothills. Seasonal monsoons can be extremely heavy, causing flash floods and mud slides.

Roads are few and far between, and dusty tracks commonly mark the routes between settlements. Bandits, tigers, and Thuggee cultists make travel dangerous, and parties are advised to travel in numbers for reasons of safety.

PLACES OF INTEREST
 

Bumbay - the smallest English fort and settlement located on an island just off mainland Indostan. It serves as the primary English naval base, who's main goal is defeat piracy in the area.

Chandrapur - a small English settlement in the north east of Indostan.

Ghoneriah - the notorious pyratehold hidden somewhere on the Madipras coast. Under the command of Admiral Makepeace, it was captured by the British fleet and put to the torch.

Madipras - the main English settlement and trade center in Indostan, protected by Fort St. Finnigan.

Richmonopoly -The seat of Prince Shahi Paneer.

Fort St. Dafydd - A small English fort, south down the coast from Madipras, in the vicinity of Popacherry.

Pisswah - A Princedom allied to Nawab Chunda Alott and the French.

Putpari - A Princedom allied to Prince Shahi Paneer and the English, famed for it's horsemen and bandits.

Aszole - the seat of Chunda Alott, Nawab of Aszole.

Popacherry - The main French settlement.