1849.] Statistics of the Circor of Dowlutahad. 



527 



Dhamuiigaon, Bunniali shops 3, kiitcha houses 98, males 263, fe- 

 males '265. Dhurragaon, buniiiah shops 3, pucka house 1, kutcha 

 houses 109, males 259, females 298. 



Phoolmurree. A large kusba town situated on the banks of the 

 Phoolmusta river, amongst large topes of mango trees. It is 16 

 miles N. N. E. of Aurungabad. In the neighbourhood are many 

 remains of ancient hindoo temples, the ruins of which have been em- 

 })loyed for constructing the town walls, gates, musjeds, and peers 

 shrines. The figures and designs are all clearly and neatly cut, 

 principally representations of Mahadeo and his consort. At the 

 south gate, which is in ruins, a stone with a long inscription in Sans- 

 crit is observed, nothing of which can be decyphered but the date 

 in which the temple it belonged to was built, viz., 1166 of the Hin- 

 doo era, agreeing with A. D. 1244, half a century prior to the first 

 Mahomedan invasion. A large town called Veerdar or Beeldar, 

 was formerly existing within a couple of miles towards the south ; 

 nothing now remains but the gate -way. The soil around is remarka- 

 bly fertile, yielding sugar-cane, and every description of vegetable 

 produce, in the greatest perfection, with the exception of the vine, 

 which cannot be cultivated on account of the destruction occasioned 

 by white ants. Bunniah shops 66, pucka houses 36, kutcha houses 

 487, males 1,683, females 1,533. Babra ; bunniah shops 97, pucka 

 houses 12, kutcha houses 403, males 1,084, females 1,067. Waragaon ; 

 bunniah shops 11, pucka houses 3, kutcha houses 183, males 445, 

 females 413; Khamgaon ; bunniah shops 7, kutcha houses 206, 

 males 386, females 390. Khaigaon ; bunniah shops 3, kutcha houses 

 169, males 399, females 376. Burrode Burra ; bunniah shops 9, 

 pucka houses 3, kutcha houses 151, males 307, females 293. Peer- 

 bowdee ; bunniah shops 27, kutcha houses 158, males 371, females 

 305. Dhamungaon, bunniah shop 1, pucka houses 4, kutcha houses 

 161, males 323, females 299. Woomrowtee; bunniah shops 2, kutcha 

 houses 129, males 274, females 268. Neellode"; bunniah shops 4, 

 pucka house 1, kutcha houses 81, males 235, females 317. 



Kunhur. A large kusba on the banks of the Sewna river, distant 33 

 miles north north-west of Aurungabad, formerly a station of the Ni- 

 zam's contingent, and now the residence of the Company's Bheel 

 agent. Vineyards and orange groves, are found in a very flourishing 

 condition around its neighbourhood. Bunniah shops 66, pucka houses 



