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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 22, p. 129.

,UTHAZL1 129 Satara City.--Head-quarters of Satara District, Bombay, situated in 17' 41' N. and 74° E., 1o miles from Satara Road station on the Southern Mahratta Railway, near the confluence of the Kistna and the Vena. The strong fort of Satara is perched on the summit of a small, steep, rocky hill. It takes its name from the seventeen (satara) walls, towers, and gates which it is supposed to have possessed. At the close of the war with the Peshwa in 1818, it fell, after a short resistance, into the hands of the British, but was restored with the adjacent territory to the representative of Sivaji's line, who, during the Peshwa's ascen- dancy, had lived there as a State prisoner. In 1848, on the death of the last Raja, the principality escheated to the British. The town, lying at the foot of the hill fortress, consisted in 1820 of one long street of tiled houses, built partly of stone and partly of brick. After the breaking up of the Raja's court, the population considerably decreased. But Satara is still a large place, with a population in 1901 of 26,022, including 2,917 in suburban and 990 in cantonment limits. Hindus numbered 21,795, Muhammadans 3,275, Jains 253, and Christians 599. The municipality, established in 1853, had an average income during the decade ending 1901 of Rs. 69,ooo. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 6o,ooo. The suburban municipality, estab- lished in r89o, had an average income during the decade ending 1901 of Rs. 7,400. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 8,ooo. Satara has few large or ornamental buildings, with the exception of the Raja's palace now used as the judge's court. On account of its high position, 2,320 feet above sea-level, the climate is unusually pleasant. The water-supply is obtained by aqueducts and pipes from the Kas lake in the hills, 16 miles from the city. A civil hospital is situated here. Satgaon.-Ruined town in Hooghly District, Bengal, situated in 22° 58' N. and 88° 23' E., to the north-west of Hooghly town. Popu lation (1901), 153. Satgaon was the mercantile capital of Bengal from the days of Hindu rule until the foundation of Hooghly by the Portu- guese. Its decay dates from the silting-up of the channel of the Saraswati ; and nothing now remains to indicate its former grandeur except a ruined mosque, the modern village consisting of a few miser- able huts. Satgaon is said to have been one of the resting-places of Bhagirathi. De Barros writes that it was `less frequented than Chitta- gong, on account of the port not being so convenient for the entrance and the departure of ships.' Purchas states it to be `a fair citie for a citie of the Moores, and very plentiful, but sometimes subject to Patnaw.' In 1632, when Hooghly was declared a royal port, all the public offices were withdrawn from Satgaon, which rapidly fell into ruins. Sathalli.-Village in the Hassan tdhak of Hassan District, Mysore, situated 1o miles south-west of Hassan town. Population (r9or), 105.