A History of the Mahrattas v2.c33.3

v2.c33.3

¹ [The first regular dock was opened in Bombay in 1750, two more docks being constructed during the next fifteen years under the supervision of Lāvji Nasarvānji Wādia, the master-builder. These docks were mentioned by Grose (1750), Ives (1757), Niebuhr (1763), and Parsons (1775), and were described as ‘the pride of Bombay and the astonishment of travellers.’ They are now included in the Government Dockyard, and are built on the site of an old bay or inlet, which