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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 50.

50 SANGANTSHWAR TOWN and a few weeks later (March 16) a disastrous conflagration completely destroyed the tdluha offices and 75 private houses. On the destruction of the public offices, the head-quarters of the tdluha were moved to the more central and convenient village of DEVRUKH. According to the Sdhvddri hhanda, Sangameshwar, originally called Ramakshetra, possessed temples built by Parasu Rama or Bhargava Rama. In the seventh century it was the capital of a Chalukyan king, Karna, who built temples and a fortress. Of these temples, one called Karrieshvara remains. But the shrine of the. Sangameshwar temple is said to be older, dating from Parasu Rama's time. In the fourteenth century it was for long the residence of Basava, the founder of the Lingayat sect. Every year in January-February a fair is held. At the confluence of the rivers are several sacred places (tarthas), among them one known as `cleanser of sins' (Dhutapdp). It was here that Sambhaji, son of Sivaji, was taken prisoner by the Mughals and afterwards put to death in 1689. Sangameshwar contains five schools with 325 pupils. Sangamner Ta1uka.--Tdluha of Ahmadnagar District, Bombay, lying between 19" 12' and 19" 47' N. and 74" 1' and 74" 31' E., with an area of 704 square miles. It contains one town, SANGAMNER (population, 13,801), the head-quarters; and 151 villages. The popu- lation in 1901 was 90,381, compared with 82,936 in 1891. The presence of 5,000 immigrants on relief works accounts mainly for the increase. The density, 128 persons per square mile, is almost equal to the District average. The demand for land revenue in 1903-4 was 1-7 lakhs, and for cesses Rs. 11,ooo. The tdluha is divided into three distinct portions by the two mountain ranges which traverse it in a parallel direction. The chief rivers are the Pravara and the Mula. The Pravara flows in the valley between the two mountain ranges. With the exception of irrigation from the Ojhar canal, garden cultivation is carried on chiefly by means of wells. Sangamner Town. -- Head-quarters of the tdluka of the same name in Ahmadnagar District, Bombay, situated in 19" 34' N. and 74° 13' E., 49 miles north-west of Ahmadnagar city. Population (19or), 13,801, including a hamlet of 2,790. The municipality, estab- lished in 1860, had an average income during the decade ending 1901 of Rs. 1.5,ooo. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 12,5oo. The town has much trade in yarn, millet, gram, metal, groceries, salt, rice, and silk; and a number of looms are at work. It contains a Sub-Judge's court, a dispensary, and an English school. Sanganer.-Town in the State of Jaipur, Rajputana, situated in 26" 48' N. and 75" 47' E., on the Aman-i-Shah river, 7 miles south of Jaipur city, and 3 miles south-west of Sanganer station on the Rajputana-Malwa Railway. Population (1900, 3,972. The old palace, said to have been once occupied, by Akbar, is now used as a hospital.