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ings is brick and of a very excellent description ; but the greater 

 portion of these are deserted, and falling to destruction. Outside 

 the gate leading to Aurungabad, is a suburb called Jainpoora, occu- 

 pied entirely by Jhains, who gain a livelihood by weaving. The 

 number of occupied houses amounts to 2,126; of these, more than 

 half are of the common description with mud walls, and tiled, or 

 terraced roofs. Brick walled houses, are but a sixth ; whilst the mud 

 hovels, with flat or thatched roofs, amount to about a third of the 

 whole. 



Population. 



From Pytun being a celebrated Thirit, or place of pilgrimage, 

 Brahmins are found a numerous class. These are composed of three 

 sects ; the Smaut, who worship Siva, the Wysheman worshipper 

 of Vishnoo ; and a very small class called Sakt, or Wamagce ; who 

 exclusively confine their adoration to the consorts or energies of the 

 deities. Those who assist in the rites and ceremonies of their five 

 great sacraments, the Bheekzooks, far out-number the Gruhust sect, 

 that concern themselves with secular matters. The bulk of the com- 

 munity are Weavers, amounting to a sixteenth of the population, 

 but their numbers are rapidly diminishing, and have been doing so 

 for many years past; the various classes will be found arranged in 

 a Table in the Appendix. 



Census of the City of Pytun. 



xt' a r 2,912 Men, 1,452 Boys, 4,364") aQ „ 4 



Hindoos. i 3,409 Women, 1,081 Girls, MOoj 8 > 8 ° 4 



, , r 816 Men, 557 Boys, 1,373 1 „> 1C 



Mahomedans. { § l4 Women, 431 Girls! IMS } 2 ' 71S 



Total. .11,572 



Public Buildings. 



There are no Public buildings requiring particular notice, nor is 

 there to be found a single record within or without its walls by 

 which its remote antiquity is to be inferred ; the sole inscription I 

 could discover, did not go back further than four hundred years, 

 and this was on a marble tablet, in a ruined temple on the south 

 of the town, apparently dedicated to Mahadeo, but now taken pos- 

 session of by the Mangbhows, and devoted to Krishna. 



Amongst the various Hindoo places of worship, the temple of Ve- 

 jai Pandooiung is the most conspicuous, and is in connection with 



