Eta'wah

Eta'wah, a town of the Doab, picturesque situated among the ravines near the left bank of the Jumna, about 70 miles SE. of Agra, is on the East Indian Railway, and at the junction of the Agra-Mainpuri and Gwalior-Farukhabad roads. Half-hidden among trees, the town contains some handsome streets, and carries on a considerable trade. A native cloth, horn combs, and sweetmeats are manufactured. Close by are some famous Hindu places of worship, and the ghats, or flights of stairs leading to the river for the purpose of ritual ablution, are lined with handsome shrines. Pop. (1891) 38,793.—The district of Etawah, lying entirely in the basin of the Jumna, and almost exclusively within the Doab, has an area of 1693 sq. m., and a population of 727,629, nearly all Hindus.