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AURENGABAD

Volume 2 · 85 words · 1797 Edition

a city in the East Indies, capital of the province of Balaghat, in the dominions of the Great Mogul. It is furnished with handsome mosques and caravanserais. The buildings are chiefly of free stone, and pretty high, and the streets planted on each side with trees. They have large gardens well stocked with fruit trees and vines. The soil about it is also very fertile, and the sheep fed in its neighbourhood are remarkably large and strong. E. Long. 75° 30'. N. Lat. 19° 10'.