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Encyclopedia Britannica



PALITANA

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 635 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PAI-PAS
PALITANA , a native state of India in the Kathiawar agency of the Bombay presidency. Area, 289 sq. m.; pop. (1901),52,856, showing a decrease of 15% in the decade. The
chief
  is a Gohel Rajput, with the title of Thakur Sahib.
Gross
  revenue, 42,000; tribute jointly to the gaekwar of Baroda and the nawab of Junagarh, 700. The
capital
  of the state is Palitana; pop. 12,800. Above the town to the west rises the hill of Satrunja, sacred to the
Jains
 . On this hill, which is truly a city of temples, all the peculiarities of Jain architecture are found in a marked degree. Some of the temples are as old as the rrth century, and they are spread over the intervening period down to the present. The hill is visited by crowds of pilgrims every year.
See J. Burgess, Notes of a Visit to Satrunjaya Hill (Bombay, 1869). PALK STRAITS, the channel lying between the mainland of India and the
island
  of Ceylon. It is named after Robert Palk,
governor
  of
Madras
  (1755-1763). The straits lie north of the line of reefs called
Adam
 's Bridge, while the Gulf of
Manaar
  lies
south
  of it. The two channels are connected by the Pamban passage.


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