NAGPORE, in Hinilustan, a large town of the Deccan, and the principal place of the British province of the same name. It is about 7 miles in circumference, but very straggling and irregular, and possesses but one good street, the others being mean and narrow. The greater part of the houses are built of mud, some being thatched, and others tiled; but there are a few of large size built of brick and mortar, with flat-terraced roofs. Throughout the town there is no specimen of fine architecture; and even the palace of the former rajahs, which is the most considerable building, is totally devoid of symmetry or beauty. According to the last census the dwellings were,—thatched huts, 14,680; tiled houses, 11,120; houses of brick and mortar, 1301; making a total of 27,101, inhabited by a population amounting to 111,231, of whom about 2½ per cent. were Mohammedans, and the rest Hindus. The town is distant from Bombay, N.E., 440 miles; from Calcutta, W., 605; Lat. 21. 10., Long. 79. 10.
The British province, of which this town is the chief place, is bounded on the N. by the Saugor and Nerbudda territory, on the E. by the British districts of Sumbulpore and Odeipoor, and on the S.W. and W. by Hyderabad, or the territories of the Nizam. It lies between Lat. 17. 50. and 23. 5., Long. 78. 3. and 83. 10.; and contains an area of 76,432 square miles, with a population of 4,650,000. The principal rivers are,—the Wyne Gunga, the Mahanuddee, the Wurda, the Kanhan, and the Sew.
The rajahs of Nagpore, now an extinct dynasty, were the rulers of a state which was a branch of the great Maharratta confederacy and the heritage of a family distinguished by the appellation of Bhoonsla. Its founder was Parsojee, originally a private soldier, but who rose to power through the gratitude of Rajah Saho, the son of Sevajee, whose