A History of the Mahrattas v1.c11.57

v1.c11.57

¹ [Mahābaleshwar (Mahabyllisur) is now the well-known sanitarium, situated thirty miles north-west of Sātāra, which is the head-quarters of the Bombay Government during the hot season. The first Englishman to visit Mahābaleshwar was Sir Charles Malet, who accompanied the Pēshwā thither in 1791. It was first established as a hot weather retreat by Sir John Malcolm, Governor of Bombay, in 1824. The name is a compound of three Sanskrit words meaning ‘god of great power’—a synonym of Mahādev. Mahābaleshwar is 4,500 feet above sea-level. (Parasnis, Mahabaleshwar, Bombay (1916); I.G. Bom., 1909, i.)]