See also:

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

THANA, or See also:

• TANNA (Aramaic, " teacher ")

TANNA (=a fort, or See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police-station)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

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

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

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

west of the See also:

• SALSETTE (=" sixty-six villages ")

Salsette See also:

• CREEK
• CREEK (Mid. Eng. crike or creke, common to many N. European languages)

creek or See also:

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

Thana See also:

• RIVER

river, just where the See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

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

Peninsula railway crosses to the mainland, 21 M. from Bombay See also:

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

city . Pop . (1901) 16,o11 . The DISTRICT OF THANA has an See also:

• AREA

area of 3573 sq. m . It extends along the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast for 105 m., with a breadth of 50 m., and is confined between the Western See also:

• GHATS, or GHAUTS (literally " the Landing Stairs " from the sea, or " Passes ")

Ghats on the E. and the 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 on the W., while on the N. it is bounded by the Portuguese territory of See also:

• DAMAUN

Damaun and by See also:

• SURAT

Surat district, and on the S. by See also:

• KOLABA (or COLABA)

Kolaba district . The district is well watered and wooded, and, except in the nort-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, is a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-lying 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:

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

tract broken by hills . Most of the hills were once fortified, but the forts built on them are now dilapidated and useless . See also:

• MATHERAN

Matheran (q.v.) is a favourite summer resort for the citizens of Bombay . The only See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers of any importance are the Vaitarna and the Ulhas, the former being navigable for a distance of about 20 M. from its mouth; the latter is also navigable in parts for small See also:

• CRAFT (a word common to Teutonic languages for strength, or power; cf. Ger. Kraft)

craft . There are no lakes; but the Vehar and the Tulsi, formed artificially, See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply Bombay city with See also:

• WATER

water . In 1901 the See also:

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

population was 811,433, showing a decrease of 1 per cent. in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade .

The See also:

• STAPLE

staple See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop is rice . Fishing supports many of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people, and the forests yield See also:

• TIMBER

timber and other produce . See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

Salt is largely manufactured by evaporation along the coast . At Kurla, in Salsette See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, there are 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 See also:

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

mills and rice mills . The district is traversed throughout its length by the Bombay and See also:

• BARODA

Baroda railway, and also crossed by the two branches of the Great Indian Peninsula See also:

• LINE

line . The territory comprised in the district of Thana (apart from Salsette island, which was acquired in 1782) formed See also:

• PART

part of the dominions of the See also:

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

peshwa, and was annexed by the British in 1818 on the overthrow of Baji See also:

• RAO, SIR DINKAR (1819–1896)
• RAO, SIR T

Rao . Since then the operations to put down the Koli robbers, which extended over several years, have been the only cause of serious trouble .