a town of Hindustan, in the native state of Hyderabad, near the city of Dowlatabad. In a mountain near this town there are some remarkable excavations, containing mythological symbols of the Hindu worship, and temples ornamented with representations and statues of many of the deities worshipped by the Hindus. The principal figures are those of Indra the god of the firmament, and his consort Indrane. Besides these, there are some figures of the deities adored by the sectaries of Boodh and Parisinath; but all of them have been forsaken by the priests. The temples here are said to have been executed by the rajah Edoo of Ellichpoor, who was cured of some cutaneous disorders by a spring near the place, and in gratitude gave orders for the construction of the temple. It measures 138 feet in front, and in the interior extends 247 feet in length by 150 feet in breadth, and is in some places 100 feet high. A minute account of these curious antiquities is contained in the sixth volume of the Asiatic Researches.

Elora was ceded in 1818 by Holkar, under the treaty of Mondegoor, to the British, who transferred it to the Nizam in 1822 by the treaty of Hyderabad. Lat. 20. 2, Long. 75. 13.