A History of the Mahrattas v1.c11.12

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¹ [The modern Kalyān, an ancient town of historical importance, in Thāna District, situated on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, thirty-three miles north-east of Bombay. For early history see I.G. Bom., 1909, i. 378; B.C.G., ii (1909). In 1636 it passed from the rule of Ahmadnagar to that of Bijāpur. In 1648 the Marāthās surprised it; the Mughals recovered it in 1660, but lost it again in 1662. At the time of Fryer’s visit in 1675 it was a mass of ruins. Its trade had departed to Thāna, as the increased burden of ships made it difficult for them to pass up the river. Fryer’s Travels, Hakluyt (1909), i. 309 n.; Maclean, 100 f.; B.G., xiv. 113 ff.)]