Nasik

Nasik, a town of Bombay, on the Godavari, 31 miles from its source, with a railway station (4 miles distant), 100 miles NE. of Bombay. It ranks as one of the most sacred of Hindu places of pilgrimage, the banks and even the bed of the river being crowded with temples and shrines. Formerly it was a Mahratra capital; now it manufactures paper, cotton, and excellent brass and copper work. Pop. (1891) 24,429, not including 3000 at the cantonment of Deolali.—The district of Nasik has an area of 5940 sq. m., and a pop. of 843,582. See MAGIC SQUARES.