a decayed town of Hindustan, in the territory of Gwalior, or possessions of the Mahratta family of Scindia, situated on the north bank of the river Taptee. It was formerly a large and flourishing city, being the seat of government of the kings of Candesh, one of whom, Malik Nasir, founded it in the year 1414. Akbar, emperor of Delhi, annexed it with the adjacent territory to the imperial dominions in 1599; and during the reign of his son Jehangir it was visited by the English ambassador Sir Thomas Roe, on his route from Surat to the Mogul court. In the early part of the last century it was wrested from the empire by the Nizam of Hyderabad, and at a later period became the prize of Madhajee Scindia in his rapid career of conquest. During the Mahratta war of 1803 it was occupied by Colonel Stevenson's army without opposition, but restored at the conclusion of the peace in December following. Distance from Oojin 132 miles; from Bombay 280. Lat. 21° 18'. Long. 76° 20'.