1839] 



On the Slailslics of Dukhun. 



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Alley (1396 males, 1064 females), Sassor (1880 males, 1696 females), 

 Jeejooree (885 males, 860 females), Tullegaon, Turruf Faubul (1710 

 males, 1427 females), and some others; but the most populous of the 

 number, as is seen above, contains only 7977 souls. There are, exclud- 

 ing Sholapoor, 8 pergunnabs and 32 turruffs in the Poona coUectorate. 

 In Sholapoor sub-collectorate there are 4 talooks, 19 pergunnahs, and 12 

 turruffs; but as divisions which in the other coUectorates are called tur- 

 ruffs, are here called pergu nnahs, there are few turruffs. My limits will 

 not permit of detailed descriptions of these pergunnahs, although there 

 are many physical ficts of interest connected with some of them. 



The following number of towns and villages constitute the different 

 pergunnahs and talooks : Sewnere i90, Indapoor 86, Kheir 236, Pabul 

 65, Poorundhur 130, Beemthuree 92, Hawailee 165, the Mawuls 233, 

 Sholapoor 122, Mohol 145, Indee 236, and Moodebehal 226. This 

 makes a total of 1926, which is 29 viUages more than was previously 

 stated, but this is owing to depopulated villages being included ; of this 

 1926, 47 towns and 1429i villages belong to the British ; 4 towns and 

 264i villages are held in free gilt (Eenam), and 3 towns and 178 villages 

 are held on tenure of military service (Surinjam). 



Hill forts. — In the Poona CoUectorate are situated many remarkable 

 hill forts, impregnable in fact if properly defended, from their , r-^- 

 logical structure, which consists of beds of basalt, with veiti. al 

 edges, alternating wath beds of amygdaloids, whose edges form a tahis. 

 Many of these in their superficial plane manifest a strong disposition to 

 a trigonal character. Such is the case with Teekonee (the word being 

 almost Greek,) or three-angled, Koaree, and some others. Koaree is si- 

 tuated at the edge of the Ghats in the civil division called the Powar 

 Khoreh ; its summit is 2910 feet abuve the sea ; and some parts of the 

 rock within its area are so powerfully magnetic, as to draw the needle 

 quite round the compass. The hill forts of Singhur, Poorundhur, and 

 Wuzeerghur are seen from Poona : the summit of the first is elevated 

 4192 feet above the sea, and the second 4471 feet. The hill -fort of Sew- 

 nair, in -which the celebrated Sewajee was born, is situated close to the 

 city of Joonur (Jooneer). Jewdun, is on the edge of the Ghrits, a few 

 miles westward of Joonur, and Hurreechundurghur, which is said to be 

 eighteen miles in circumference at its base, is situated a fevi^ miles N. 

 "W. of Joonur. But I have not space to enumerate all these points of de- 

 fence provided by nature, — Loghur, Eesapoor, &c. &c. 



Boodh cave-temples. — Some works of art must not he overlooked. The 

 first is that magnificent cave-temple situated in the civil division called 

 -Naneh Mawul ; it in usually denominated the cave of Karleh (Carlee), 



