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MIRANDE

Volume 15 · 105 words · 1842 Edition

an arrondissement of the department of The town consists of handsome European houses and native habitations, with clusters of Hindu temples crowding the banks of the Ganges, and making a lively appearance when seen from the river. It is one of the greatest inland trading towns in Hindustan, and the depot of all the cotton from Agra and the Maharrata countries. It has also an extensive manufacture of carpets, and some iron-works. Several opulent merchants and indigo planters, both native and European, reside in the town and its vicinity. The travelling distance from Benares is thirty miles. Long. 83. 35. E. Lat. 25. 10. N.