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NASIK , a See also:

town and See also:district of See also:British See also:India, in the central See also:division of Bombay. The town is on the See also:Godavari See also:river, connected by a See also:tramway (5 m.) with Nasik Road railway station, 107 M. N.E. of Bombay. Pop. (1901) 21,490. It is a very See also:holy See also:place of See also:Hindu See also:pilgrimage, being 30 M. from the source of the Godavari. Shrines and temples See also:line the river See also:banks, and some stand even in the river. In the vicinity there are a number of sacred caves, among which those of Pandu See also:Lena are the most noteworthy. They are See also:ancient Buddhist caves dating from the 3rd See also:century before See also:Christ to the 6th century after. There are numerous See also:inscriptions of the highest See also:historical value. Nasik has manufactures of See also:cotton goods, See also:brass-See also:ware and See also:mineral See also:waters. The DISTRICT of NASIK has an See also:area of 5850 sq. m.

With the exception of a few villages in the See also:

west, the whole district is situated on a tableland from 1300 to 2000 ft. above See also:sea-level. The western portion is hilly, and intersected by ravines, and only the simplest See also:kind of cultivation is possible. The eastern See also:tract is open, fertile and well cultivated. The See also:Sahyadri range stretches from See also:north to See also:south; the See also:watershed is formed by the Chander range, which runs See also:east and west. All the streams to the south of that range are tributaries of the Godavari. To the north of the watershed, the Girna and its tributary the Mosam flow through fertile valleys into the See also:Tapti. The district generally is destitute of trees, and the forests which formerly clothed the Sahyadri hills have nearly disappeared; efforts are now being made to prevent further destruction, and to reclothe some of the slopes. The district contains several old See also:hill forts, the scenes of many engagements during the Mahratta See also:wars. Nasik district became British territory in 1818 on the overthrow of the See also:peshwa. The See also:population in 1901 was 816,504, showing a decrease of 3 % in the See also:decade. The See also:principal crops are See also:millet, See also:wheat, See also:pulse, oil-seeds, cotton and See also:sugar See also:cane. There are also some vineyards of old date, and much See also:garden cultivation.

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Yeola is an important centre for See also:weaving See also:silk and cotton goods. There are See also:flour-See also:mills at Malegaon, railway workshops at Igatpuri, and cantonments at Deolali and Malegaon. At Sharanpur is a See also:Christian See also:village, with an orphanage of the C.M.S., founded in 1854. The district is crossed by the See also:main line and also by the chord line of the See also:Great See also:Indian See also:Peninsula railway.

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