166 CHANDOD
to Chandod is the village of Karnali. Both these villages, with their
temples and certain sacred spots on the river, are visited twice a year by
more than 20,000 pilgrims. The chief occasions are the full moon of
Kartik (October-November) and the full moon of Chaitra (March-
April). What James Forbes wrote (Oriental Memoirs) 120 years ago is
still true:-
'No place in the western province of Hindustan is reputed so holy
as Chandod: none at least exceeds it; its temples and seminaries
almost vie with the fine of Jagannath and the college of Benares.'
The ownership of the village vests jointly in the Gaikwar of Baroda and
the Mandwa chief in Rewa Kantha.
Chandor Taluka (or Chandvad).-Central t˘heka of Nasik District,
Bombay, lying between 20° 9' and 20° 24' N. and 73° 56' and 74° 29' E.,
with an area of 377 square miles. There are two towns, MANMAD
(population, 7,113) and CHANDOR (5,374), the head-quarters; and
107 villages. The population in igor was.55,968, compared with
51,529 In 1891. The density, 148 persons per square mile, is slightly
above the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4
was i-i lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 8,ooo. Except in the eastern corner,
which is roughened by bare hills and which drains east to the Girna,
Chandor is a waving plain, sloping gently down to the Godavari. The
Chandor range constitutes the northern boundary. In the centre and
south the soil is a deep, rich, black alluvium, yielding heavy crops of
wheat and gram. In other parts the soil is poor and shallow. The
taluka is well provided with roads. The cultivators are generally in
debt, but some villages show signs of material comfort.
Chandor Town (Chandvad).--Head-quarters of the tdluka of the
same name in Nasik District, Bombay, situated in 20° 2o' N. and
74° 15' E., at the foot of a range of hills varying from 4,000 to 4,500
feet in height, 40 miles north-east of Nasik town and 14 miles north of
the Lasalgaon station on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. Popu-
lation (1900, 5,374. Before the opening of the railway there was a
small manufacture of copper and brass pots and ironwork. The town
contains a dispensary. Chandor is probably the Chandradityapur of
Dridhaprahar, the founder of the Chandor Yadava dynasty (801-1073),
who cleared it of robbers. In 1635 it was captured by the Mughals. It
then passed to the Marathas, but was retaken by Aurangzeb in 1665.
It is said to have been greatly enlarged by Holkar in 1763, and remained
until 1818 the private property of that chief, who started a hint here.
In 1804 it was captured by Colonel Wallace, but was restored to Holkar
until 1818, when it finally passed to the British. The Maharaja had
a large and once magnificent house in the centre of the town. The old
fort of Chandor, 3,994 feet high, on the flat summit of a hill rising
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