Conjeveram (Kanchivaram), 'the Benares of South India,' 45 miles SW. of Madras by rail, with three old pagodas, ancient tanks, and Free Church missions. Here Hyder Ali defeated the British in 1780. Pop. (1881) 37,275; (1891) 42,548.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 421
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