See also:

• SALSETTE (=" sixty-six villages ")

SALSETTE (=" sixty-six villages ")  , a large See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island in See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, N. of Bombay See also:

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

city, forming See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• THANA, or TANNA (=a fort, or police-station)

Thana See also:

• DISTRICT

district . See also:

• AREA

Area, 246 sq. m . It is connected with Bombay Island and also with the mainland by See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge and See also:

• CAUSEWAY

causeway . See also:

• SALSETTE (=" sixty-six villages ")

Salsette is a beautiful, well-wooded See also:

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

tract, its See also:

• SURFACE

surface being diversified by hills and mountains, some of considerable height, while it is See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich in See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields . In various parts of the island are ruins of Portuguese churches, convents and villas; while the See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave temples of Kanheri See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form a subject of See also:

• INTEREST

interest . There are 109 Buddhist caves, which date from the end of the 2nd See also:

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

century A.D., but are not so interesting as those of See also:

• AJANTA (more properly AJUNTHA)

Ajanta, See also:

• ELLORA

Ellora and See also:

• KARLI

Karli . Salsette is crossed by two lines of railway, which have encouraged the See also:

• BUILDING

building of See also:

• VILLA

villa residences by the wealthier merchants of Bombay . The See also:

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

population in Igor was 146,933 . The island was taken from the Portuguese by the See also:

• MAHRATTAS

Mahrattas in 1739, and from them by the British in 1774; it was formally annexed to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East India See also:

• COMPANY

Company's dominions in 1782 by the treaty of Salbai . There is another Salsette in the Portuguese See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of See also:

• GOA

Goa, a district with a population (1900) of 113,061 .