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comprehended the modern Aurangabad, quite to the Tea at 

 Bombay, and the fliores of Concan. Nor was this kingdom 

 or Rajajjyip totally extinguiflied till the time of Sbab Jehan^ 

 who terminated his reign in 1658*, 



Pluthana was another coeval town of commerce, which 

 had confiderable intercourfe with Barygaza : The roads to it 

 were over the fame mountains, but the dill:ance greater, being 

 a journey of twenty days, or two hundred and feventeen miles. 

 This city was on the lite of the prefent Pultanab^ a little to the 

 north of the river Godavery, in Long. 76* %' weft, and Lat. 19° 5'. 

 Barvgaza was alfo a port to Nebrzvaleby a place I have defcribed 

 at p. 55. I fliall here add nothing more than that the inter- 

 vening was a carriage road, and quite level. 



Th'E city of Bi-irocbia ftands on a rifing ground, furrounded 

 with walls ; it is waflied by the Nerbudda, the antient A^^- 

 madus. In the wars waged by Aurengzebe, in 1660, againft 

 his brothers, it fided with the latter. After a flout refiftance, 

 he took the place, put part of the citizens to the fword, and 

 rafed part of the walls, which he afterwards reftored. It is now 

 inhabited by weavers, and other manufacturers of cotton ; the 

 neighborhood producing the heft in the world. Nature feems Fine Cottoks. 

 to have furniflied the hot climates with the cotton plant, in pre- 

 ference to flax or hemp ; the manufacture of the former being 

 far preferable in the torrid zone to linen. Cotton quickly ab- 

 forbs the perfpiration. Linen is notorious for remaining long; 

 wet, uncomfortable, and dangerous. 



* Sec Lieut. Wilford's curious difquifuion on Tagara. Afiatic Refearche?,. i. p. 365 

 «o 375' 



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