town of Asia in Hindostan, 50 miles west from Agra, remarkable for its excellent indigo, and formerly for its copper mines. E. Long. 77° 0', N. Lat. 26° 20'.

Bianchi, Francesco, called Il Frari, an eminent painter, was born at Modena; and had the honour of being master to one of the most esteemed painters that ever appeared, Antonio Corregio. His colouring was delicately fine; his attitudes full of grace; and his invention extremely grand. His works had an astonishing beauty, and are prized as highly as even those of Corregio. He died in 1520.

Bianchini, Francis, one of the most learned men of his time, was born at Verona in 1662, of a noble and ancient family. His taste for natural philosophy and mathematics induced him to establish the academy at Aletobli, at Verona. He went to Rome in 1684; and BIBLIOGRAPHY