1850.] 



Sircar of Pytun. 



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turns has generally one end working in a socket in the wall, whilst the 

 other revolves in a similar manner in a stout wooden post. It is put 

 in motion by a band passing round it, and the axle of the large 

 wheel ; the ends of the silk thread wound on the bobbins having 

 been attached, are now gradually unwound by the traction of the re- 

 volving bobbins simultaneously set in motion by the same machi- 

 nery. 



The expense of a machine of this kind costs Rupees 6, and for the 

 smaller one for winding bobbins about Rupees 2, 



Peepulwarre. — A kusba town situated on the banks of a small 

 mountain stream called the Wurra, six miles north of Pytun, on the 

 Aurungabad road, and held in Jagheer by Rungnath Balkisnu : the 

 face of the surrounding country is undulating with a stiff and loamy 

 soil, of no great depth : portions of land left fallow, are quickly cover- 

 ed with baubul bushes : average value of land to rent, from one Rupee 

 and a half, to one Rupee a beegha. 



Souses. — Mud brick walls and terraced or tiled roofs 121, Bunnya 

 shops 2, males 407 and females 341. 



Bhosa. — A market town, 10 mile3 north of Pytun, once apparently 

 of large size and in prosperous circumstances; judging by the style 

 of the ruins : at present, it is nothing but a heap of dilapidated build- 

 ings, surrounded by mean looking mud walls : within are seen two 

 handsomely built stone temples, dedicated to Mahadeo, and Bhowa- 

 ny, partially destroyed and devoted to secular purposes by Dhairs ; 

 the sculpture about them is good. Amongst a heap of ruined sculpture 

 at the entrance of the town, is a handsomely carved figure of a Rhi- 

 noceros, which having seen once before in a similar condition at Gan- 

 dapoor, I am induced to believe they adorned Jhain temples. The 

 Rhinoceros being the sign of Sriyansa, the ilth Tirthanakur, a son of 

 Vishnoo. The shrine of some Mahomedan saint at the entrance of 

 the town, has been constructed apparently with the materials de- 

 rived from ruins of old temples. The land around the town is of 

 fine quality, but three-fourths of the soils under it, is of a sterile na- 

 ture, lying close below the hill, where little depth of surface exists. 

 Land is valued from one Rupee and a half, to half a Rupee a bee- 

 gha. 



Souses. — Brick walls, and terraced roof 1. Mud brick walls, and 

 tiled or terraced roofs 77, mud walls and thatched roofs 20, Bui> 

 nya shops 5, males 356, females 350. 



