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BEZWADA

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 842 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEZWADA , a See also:

town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Kistna See also:district of See also:Madras, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river Kistna, at the See also:head of its See also:delta. Pop. (1901) 24,224. Here are the headquarters of the Kistna See also:canal See also:system, which irrigates more than 500,000 acres, and also provides See also:navigation throughout the delta. The anicut or See also:dam at. Bezwada, begun in 1852, consists of a See also:mass of See also:rubble, fronted with See also:masonry, 1240 yds. See also:long. Here also is the central junction of the See also:East See also:Coast railway from Madras to See also:Calcutta, 267 M. from Madras, where one See also:branch See also:line comes down from the See also:Warangal coalfield in the See also:Nizam's Dominions, and another from See also:Bellary on the See also:Southern Mahratta line. See also:Ancient cuttings on the hills See also:west of Bezwada have been held by some to See also:mark the site of a Buddhist monastery; by others they are considered to have been quarries. At Undavalle to the See also:south are some noted See also:cave-shrines.

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