UPPER, a fortress and sea-port of Hindustan, in the province of Aurungabad, situated on the sea-coast of the Concan, twenty-five miles south of Bombay. It was a place of considerable consequence during the Bhanace dynasty in the Deccan. At this port Sovajee had in the year 1679 a very respectable fleet, under Dowhut Khan, his admiral. Long. 72. 48. E. Lat. 18. 33. N.

LOWER, is a sea-port town and fort, formerly belonging to the Portuguese, at the mouth of a river in Aurungabad. It was besieged by Sambagee, but without success; and it does not appear when the Mahrajas got possession of it. In the year 1777 it was ceded to the French, who found it too defenceless for their acceptance. Long. 72. 46. E. Lat. 18. 36. N.