NASIK  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the central See also:

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

division of Bombay . The town is on the See also:

• GODAVARI

Godavari See also:

• RIVER

river, connected by a See also:

• TRAMWAY

tramway (5 m.) with Nasik Road railway station, 107 M . N.E. of Bombay . Pop . (1901) 21,490 . It is a very See also:

• HOLY

holy See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• HINDU

Hindu See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage, being 30 M. from the source of the Godavari . Shrines and temples See also:

• LINE

line the river See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks, and some stand even in the river . In the vicinity there are a number of sacred caves, among which those of Pandu See also:

• LENA

Lena are the most noteworthy . They are See also:

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

ancient Buddhist caves dating from the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century before See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ to the 6th century after . There are numerous See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions of the highest See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical value . Nasik has manufactures 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 goods, See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass-See also:

• WARE

ware and See also:

• MINERAL

mineral See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters . The DISTRICT of NASIK has an See also:

• AREA

area of 5850 sq. m .

With the exception of a few villages in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, the whole district is situated on a tableland from 1300 to 2000 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . The western portion is hilly, and intersected by ravines, and only the simplest See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of cultivation is possible . The eastern See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract is open, fertile and well cultivated . The See also:

• SAHYADRI

Sahyadri range stretches from See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south; the See also:

• WATERSHED

watershed is formed by the Chander range, which runs See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and west . All the streams to the south of that range are tributaries of the Godavari . To the north of the watershed, the Girna and its tributary the Mosam flow through fertile valleys into the See also:

• TAPTI

Tapti . The district generally is destitute of trees, and the forests which formerly clothed the Sahyadri hills have nearly disappeared; efforts are now being made to prevent further destruction, and to reclothe some of the slopes . The district contains several old See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill forts, the scenes of many engagements during the Mahratta See also:

• WARS

wars . Nasik district became British territory in 1818 on the overthrow of the See also:

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

peshwa . The See also:

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

population in 1901 was 816,504, showing a decrease of 3 % in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal crops are See also:

• MILLET (Fr. millet; Ital. miglietto, diminutive of miglio= Lat. mille, a thousand, in allusion to its fertility)
• MILLET (or MILE), JEAN FRANCOIS (c. 1642–1679)
• MILLET, FRANCIS DAVIS (1846- )
• MILLET, JEAN FRANCOIS (1814–1875)

millet, See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, See also:

• PULSE

pulse, oil-seeds, cotton and See also:

• SUGAR

sugar See also:

• CANE

cane . There are also some vineyards of old date, and much See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden cultivation .

See also:

• YEOLA

Yeola is an important centre for See also:

• WEAVING

weaving See also:

• SILK

silk and cotton goods . There are See also:

• FLOUR

flour-See also:

• MILLS, JOHN (d. 1736)
• MILLS, ROGER QUARLES (1832– )

mills at Malegaon, railway workshops at Igatpuri, and cantonments at Deolali and Malegaon . At Sharanpur is a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

• VILLAGE

village, with an orphanage of the C.M.S., founded in 1854 . The district is crossed by the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main line and also by the chord line of the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

Peninsula railway .