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PALITANA

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 635 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PALITANA , a native See also:

state of See also:India in the See also:Kathiawar agency of the Bombay See also:presidency. See also:Area, 289 sq. m.; pop. (1901),52,856, showing a decrease of 15% in the See also:decade. The See also:chief is a Gohel See also:Rajput, with the See also:title of Thakur See also:Sahib. See also:Gross See also:revenue, £42,000; See also:tribute jointly to the See also:gaekwar of See also:Baroda and the See also:nawab of See also:Junagarh, £700. The See also:capital of the state is Palitana; pop. 12,800. Above the See also:town to the See also:west rises the See also:hill of Satrunja, sacred to the See also:Jains. On this hill, which is truly a See also:city of temples, all the peculiarities of Jain See also:architecture are found in a marked degree. Some of the temples are as old as the rrth See also:century, and they are spread over the intervening See also:period down to the See also:present. The hill is visited by crowds of pilgrims every See also:year. See J.

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Burgess, Notes of a Visit to Satrunjaya Hill (Bombay, 1869). PALK STRAITS, the channel lying between the mainland of India and the See also:island of See also:Ceylon. It is named after See also:Robert Palk, See also:governor of See also:Madras (1755-1763). The straits See also:lie See also:north of the See also:line of reefs called See also:Adam's See also:Bridge, while the Gulf of See also:Manaar lies See also:south of it. The two channels are connected by the Pamban passage.

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