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The Imperial Gazetteer of India Moram to Nayagarh

1908

Afterwards when Mordhvajpuri became waste.in the wars of the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth century most of the wealthy inhabitants removed their dwellings to the present site in order to place the river between them and the foreign invader. [...] In configuration the town has roughly the form of an inverted L the portion represented by the horizontal line following the course of the Salween and that represented by the vertical line the course of the Ataran. [...] To the north and west lie the meeting-place of the rivers the shipping in the stream the wooded islands in the channel Martaban with its glistening pagoda overhanging the water and the dark hills of Bilugyun. [...] The most notable buildings are Salween House the official residence of the Commissioner built on the ridge ; the masonry law courts and Government offices at the foot of the rising ground ; the General Hospital ; the Government schools ; and three churches St. [...] The new jail lies at the foot of the ridge towards the northern end of the town in the old cantonment area.
government politics public policy
Pages
438
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
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Imperial Gazetteer of India Volume XVIII
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