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TUNGABHADRA

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 377 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TUNGABHADRA , a See also:

river of See also:southern See also:India, the See also:chief tributary of the See also:Kistna. It is formed by the junction of two streams, the Tunga and the Bhadra, which both rise in See also:Mysore in the Western See also:Ghats. The See also:united river for nearly all its course forms the boundary between See also:Madras and the dominions of the See also:nizam of See also:Hyderabad. On its right See also:bank stood the See also:capital of the See also:ancient See also:Hindu See also:dynasty of See also:Vijayanagar, now a See also:wilderness of ruins. From of old its See also:waters have been utilized for See also:irrigation. Near its confluence with the Kistna it supplies the See also:Kurnool-See also:Cuddapah See also:Canal. A project has been recently under See also:consideration to See also:dam the river higher up, and there construct an artificial See also:lake that would have an See also:area of rho sq. m., the cost of this See also:scheme being roughly estimated at nearly £6,000,000. T'UNG-CHOW, a sub-prefectural See also:city in Chih-li, the See also:metropolitan See also:province of See also:China, on the See also:banks of the Peiho in 39° 54' N. 116° 41' E., 12 M. E. of See also:Peking. Its See also:population is estimated at about 50,000. T'ung-Chow marks the highest point at which the Peiho is navigable, and here merchandise for Peking is transferred to a canal.

The city, which is faced on its eastern See also:

side by the river, and on its other three sides is surrounded by populous suburbs, is upwards of 3 M. in circumference. The walls are about 45 ft. in height and about 24 ft. wide at the See also:top. They are being allowed to fall into decay. Two See also:main thoroughfares .connect the See also:north and See also:south See also:gates and the See also:east and See also:west gates. The See also:place derives its importance from the fact that it is the See also:port of Peking. Like most See also:Chinese cities, T'ung-Chow has appeared in See also:history under various names. By the founder of the Han dynasty (206 B.C.) it was called Lu-Hien; with the rise of the T'ang dynasty (618 A.D.) its name was changed to Haan-Chow; and at the beginning of the 12th See also:century, with the See also:advent of the See also:Kin dynasty to See also:power, Haan-Chow became T'ung-Chow. It was at T'ung-Chow that See also:Sir Harry See also:Parkes, Sir See also:Henry See also:Loch and their escort were treacherously taken prisoners by the Chinese when they were sent forward by See also:Lord See also:Elgin to negotiate terms of See also:peace after the troubles of r86o. During the Boxer outbreak in 1900 T'ung-Chow was occupied by the allied armies, and a See also:light railway connecting the city with Peking was constructed by See also:German military See also:engineers.

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