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NASIK , a See also: town and See also: district of See also: British See also: India, in the central division of Bombay
.
The town is on the See also: Godavari See also: river, connected by a See also: 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 place of See also: Hindu pilgrimage, being 30 M. from the source of the Godavari
.
Shrines and temples See also: line the river See also: 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 are the most noteworthy
.
They are See also: ancient Buddhist caves dating from the 3rd century before Christ to the 6th century after
.
There are numerous inscriptions of the highest See also: historical value
.
Nasik has manufactures of See also: cotton goods, See also: brass-See also: ware and See also: mineral See also: waters
.
The DISTRICT of NASIK has an See also: area of 5850 sq. m
.
With the exception of a few villages in the west, the whole district is situated on a tableland from 1300 to 2000 ft. aboveSee also: sea-level
.
The western portion is hilly, and intersected by ravines, and only the simplest kind of cultivation is possible
.
The eastern See also: tract is open, fertile and well cultivated
.
The See also: Sahyadri range stretches from See also: north to See also: south; the See also: watershed is formed by the Chander range, which runs See also: 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
.
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 forts, the scenes of many engagements during the Mahratta
See also: wars
.
Nasik district
became British territory in 1818 on the overthrow of the peshwa
.
The population in 1901 was 816,504, showing a decrease of 3 % in the See also: decade
.
The See also: principal crops are See also: millet, See also: wheat, See also: pulse, oil-seeds, cotton and See also: sugar See also: cane
.
There are also some vineyards of old date, and much garden cultivation
.
See also: Yeola is an important centre for See also: weaving See also: silk and cotton goods
.
There are See also: flour-mills at Malegaon, railway workshops at Igatpuri, and cantonments at Deolali and Malegaon
.
At Sharanpur is a Christian See also: village, with an orphanage of the C.M.S., founded in 1854
.
The district is crossed by the See also: main line and also by the chord line of the See also: Great See also: Indian Peninsula railway
.
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