Indrapore: a challenge

[tamaranth]

Since all human knowledge is contained herein, who will undertake to tell me more about Indrapore (the place) than I already know? (This need not be very much at all.)

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[gummitch.livejournal.com]

Are you sure of the spelling? Because, from this (http://www.sgsits.ac.in/others/indore.htm) page:

Indore city presents a happy blend of a historical past and promises of rapid future modernization. Indore is situated on the Malwa, on the banks of the small streams- the Khan and the Saraswati. They unite at, the center of the city where a small 18th century temple of Sangamnath exists. The combined stream flows into the famed Chambal river.

Indore was originally known as Indrapur or Indreshwar from which the modern name is derived. A temple dedicated to Lord Indreshwar was built in 1741 and still exists today.

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

Suspect this is a different one! The one I am looking for is in Sumatra:

"Mr Moody, to encourage me to go with him, told me that if I would go with him to Indrapore he would buy a small Vessel there … We were about 50 or 60 Passengers in all, some ordered to be left at Indrapore, and some at Bencouly … We met nothing in our Voyage that deserves notice, till we came abreast of Indrapore; and then the Wind came at NW and blew so hard that we could not get in, but were forced to bear away to Bencouli, another English Factory on the same Coast; lying 50 or 60 leagues to the southward of Indrapore." (Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World: lovingly transcribed from scan since, did I mention?, Amazon find themselves unable to produce it.)

Note that he doesn't spell Bencouli (modern Bengkulu, probably) consistently.

I suspect Indrapore is the modern Indrapura, which (in the office copy of the Times Atlas of the World) appears to be about the size of a shed.

But thank you for looking!