History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c6.44

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IV. Daulatabad, with Ahmadnagar and other dependencies. This was the Deccan proper and contained the seat of the viceroy at the fort of Daulatabad, while the civil station founded by Malik Ambar a few miles off, at Khirki, rapidly grew in size and splendour under Aurangzib and was newly named Aurangabad. The province was bounded on the north by the Ajanta hills and the Painganga river. Its eastern frontier as now defined was an imaginary line drawn about 77·15 East longitude, along the Manjira river, from Nander to Qandahar† and Udgir.