PATNA, a town of Asia, in the dominions of the
Great Mogul, to the north of the kingdom of Bengal,
where the English have factories for salt-petre, borax,
and raw silk. It is the capital of the province of Ba-
har, a dependency of Bengal, in the empire of Indo-
stan, 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 and po-
palous, but the houses are built at a distance from each
other. E. Long. 85. 40. N. Lat. 45. 25.