a town of Asia, in the dominions of the Great Mogul, and capital of the kingdom of Golconda in the peninsula on this side the Ganges. The inhabitants within the town are the better sort; the merchants and meaner people inhabiting the suburbs, which are three miles long. It is chiefly remarkable for a magnificent reservoir of water, surrounded with a colonnade supported by arches. It is seated on the river Newa, in E. Long. 96. o. N. Lat. 15. 30.