in Hindustan, a large town of the Deccan, and the principal place of the British province of the same name. It is about 7 miles in circumference, but very straggling and irregular, and possesses but one good street, the others being mean and narrow. The greater part of the houses are built of mud, some being thatched, and others tiled; but there are a few of large size built of brick and mortar, with flat-terraced roofs. Throughout the town there is no specimen of fine architecture; and even the palace of the former rajahs, which is the most considerable building, is totally devoid of symmetry or beauty. According to the last census the dwellings were,—thatched huts, 14,680; tiled houses, 11,120; houses of brick and mortar, 1301; making a total of 27,101, inhabited by a population amounting to 111,231, of whom about 24 per cent. were Mohammedans, and the rest Hindus. The town is distant from Bombay, N.E., 440 miles; from Calcutta, W., 605; Lat. 21. 10., Long. 79. 10.

The British province, of which this town is the chief place, is bounded on the N. by the Sangor and Nerbudda territory, on the E. by the British districts of Sumbulpore and Odicipoor, and on the S.W. and W. by Hyderabad, or the territories of the Nizam. It lies between Lat. 17. 50. and 23. 5., Long. 78. 3. and 83. 10.; and contains an area of 76,432 square miles, with a population of 4,650,000. The principal rivers are,—the Wyne Gunga, the Mahanuddee, the Wurda, the Kanhan, and the Sew.

The rajahs of Nagpore, now an extinct dynasty, were the rulers of a state which was a branch of the great Mahratta confederacy and the heritage of a family distinguished by the appellation of Bhonsla. Its founder was Parsojee, originally a private soldier, but who rose to power through the gratitude of Rajah Saho, the son of Sevajee, whose NAGY standard he was the first to join, when that chief was liberated from the captivity in which he had been held by the Emperor of Delhi. Ragojee, one of the successors of Parsojee, united his forces in 1803 with those of Scindia in the war against the British consequent on the treaty of Bassein. The victories of Assaye and Argaua compelled him to sue for peace, and by a treaty concluded in 1804 he surrendered the province of Cuttack. Upon the death of Ragojee in 1816, the reins of government were assumed by his cousin, the notorious Appa Sahib. This prince concluded a treaty with the British government, but shortly afterwards he entered into intrigues with the Peishwa, with whom the British were then at war, and on the 26th November 1817 he consummated his treachery by an open attack on the British troops at Seetabuldee, an eminence on the outskirts of the town of Nagpore. The disproportion of numbers was great, a British force of 1400 strong being opposed to a body of native troops amounting to 20,000; but the best dispositions which the suddenness of the attack allowed were promptly made. A noble charge, headed by Captain Fitzgerald with a small party of cavalry, upon a large body of the enemy's horse, decided the fortune of the day. The British resident, Mr Jenkins, was on the ground throughout the day. His first assistant, Mr Sotheby, also repaired to the scene of action, and was there killed. After a contest of eighteen hours, the conflict terminated in favour of the British. Appa Sahib subsequently entered into fresh hostilities, and was ultimately deposed. The vacant throne was supplied by the elevation of a youth descended from Ragojee. The latest engagement made with this prince was in 1829. He died on the 11th December 1853 without issue. The succession in the Bhonsla family was hereditary in the entire male line from the first founder of the dynasty, to the exclusion of females. There was no one who could pretend to this qualification, and Nagpore was consequently incorporated with the territories of the East India Company, and now forms a constituent part of the British dominions.