A HMADNAGAR DISTRICT beyond the neighbourhood of the Ghats,
becomes gradually less broken. The highest peaks in the District
are in the north-west: the hill of KALSUBAI, believed to attain
a height of 5,427 feet above the sea; and the Maratha forts of
Patta and HARISCHANDRAGARH. Farther south, about I8 miles west
of Ahmadnagar city, the hill of Parner rises about 500 feet
above the surrounding table-land and 3,240 feet above sea-level.
The chief river of the District is the GODAVARI, which for about
40 miles forms the boundary on the north and north-east. The
streams of the Pravara and Mula, flowing eastwards from the
Western Ghats along two parallel valleys, unite, and after a
joint course of about I2 miles fall into the Godavari in the
extreme north-east of the District. About 25 miles below the
junction of the Pravara, the Godavari receives on its right bank
the Dhora, which rises in the high land in the east, and runs a
northerly course of about 35 miles. The southern parts are
drained by two main rivers,