CAMBAY  , a native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, within the See also:

• GUJARAT

Gujarat See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of Bombay . It has an See also:

• AREA

area of 350 sq. m . Pop . (1901) 75,225, showing a decrease of 16% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade, due to the See also:

• FAMINE (Lat. fames, hunger)

famine of 1899-1900 . The estimated See also:

• GROSS

gross See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue is £27,189; the See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute, £1460 . In See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character Cambay is entirely an alluvial See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain . As a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate state it See also:

• DATES

dates only from about 1730, the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the dismemberment of the See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . The See also:

• PRESENT

present chiefs are descended from Momin See also:

• KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)

Khan II., the last of the See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors of Gujarat, who in 1742 murdered his See also:

• BROTHER

brother-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law`, See also:

• NIZAM

Nizam Khan, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Cambay, and established himself there . The See also:

• TOWN

town o'f CAMBAY had a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 1901 of 31,780 . It is supposed to be the Camanes of See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy, and was formerly a very flourishing See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, the seat of an extensive See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and celebrated for its manufactures of See also:

• SILK

silk, See also:

• CHINTZ

chintz and See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold stuffs; but owing principally to the gradually increasing difficulty of See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access by See also:

• WATER

water, owing to the silting up of the gulf, its See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long since fallen away, and the town has become poor and dilapidated, The See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring tides rise upwards of 3o ft., and in a channel usually so shallow See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a serious danger to See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping . The trade is chiefly confined to the export of See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton . The town is celebrated for its manufacture of See also:

• AGATE

agate and See also:

• CARNELIAN

carnelian ornaments, of reputation principally in See also:

• CHINA

China .

The houses in many instances are built of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone (a circumstance which indicates the former See also:

• WEALTH

wealth of the city, as the material had to be brought from a very considerable distance); and remains of a See also:

• BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall, 3 m. in circumference, which formerly surrounded the town, enclose four large reservoirs of See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good water and three bazaars . To the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east there are very extensive ruins of subterranean temples and other buildings See also:

• HALF

half-buried in the See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand by which the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient town was overwhelmed . These temples belong to the See also:

• JAINS

Jains, and contain two massive statues of their deities, the one See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black, the other See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal one, as the inscription intimates, is Pariswanath, or Parswanath, carved in the reign of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• AKBAR, AKHBAR

Akbar; the black one has the date of 1651 inscribed . In 178o Cambay was taken by the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Goddard, was restored to the See also:

• MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas in 1783, and was afterwards ceded to the See also:

• BRITISH

British by the See also:

• PESHWA (Persian for " leader," " guide ")

peshwa under the treaty of 1803 . It was provided with a railway in 1901 by the opening of the 11 m. required to connect with the See also:

• GAEKWAR, or GUICOWAR

gaekwar of See also:

• BARODA

Baroda's See also:

• LINE

line through Petlad .