PATNA, a town of Hindoostan, where the English have factories for saltpetre, borax, and raw silk. It is the capital of the province of Bahar, a dependency of Bengal, in the empire of Hindoostan, situated in a pleasant country, 400 miles east of Agra. It extends seven miles in length on the banks of the Ganges, and is about half a mile in breadth.—Mr Rennel gives strong reasons for supposing it to be the ancient PALIBOTRA. The town is large, but the houses are built at a distance from each other. The number of inhabi-
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tants is estimated at 150,000. E. Long. 85. 15. N. Lat. 25. 37.