A History of the Mahrattas v1.c17.42
A History of the Mahrattas v1.c17.42
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v1.c17.42
³ [Chaul (Choule), now a town in Alībāg tāluka, Kolāba District, about thirty miles south of Bombay, is a place of great antiquity and historic importance, containing Muhammadan and Portuguese architectural remains and, in the neighbouring hills, ancient Buddhist caves. The fort was built by the Portuguese in 1682. (I.G. Bom., 1909, ii. 127–9; B.G., xi. 269 f.; Yule, Hobson-Jobson (1903), 210 f.)]