A GAZETTEER OF THE TERRITORIES UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF The East-Endia Company, AND OF THE NATIVE STATES ON THE CONTINENT OF INDIA. COMPILED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE HON. COURT OF DIRECTORS, BY EDWARD THORNTON, ESQ., AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN INDIA." IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: W м. H. ALLEN & CO. 7, LEADENHALL STREET. 1854. A GAZETTEER, &c. COG—COI. COGLASS, in the British district of Seuni, Saugor and E.1.C. Ms. Doc. Nerbudda territory, lieutenant-governorship of the North-West Provinces, a town on the route from Nagpore to Jubbulpoor, 68 miles S. of the latter. Lat. 22° 15', long. 79° 40′. COHUR.-A town in the native state of Sirgoojah, on the EIC. Ms. Doc. south-west frontier of Bengal, 49 miles N. from the town of Sirgoojah, and 72 miles W. from Palamow. Lat. 23° 48', long. 82° 52'. Lat. COILLE.-A town in the British district of Tirhoot, E.I.C. Ms. Doc. presidency of Bengal, 23 miles N.W. of Durbunga. 26° 24', long. 85° 43′. core; COIMBATORE,' within the territories subject to the pre- 1 E.I.C. Ms. Doc. sidency of Madras, a British district, named from its principal place. It is bounded on the north and north-west by the territory of Mysore; on the north-east by the British district of Salem; on the east by the British districts of Salem and Trichinopoly; on the south-east by the British district of Madura; on the south by Madura and the territory of Travanand on the west by the British district of Malabar and the native territory of Cochin. It lies between lat. 10° 14′— 12° 19′, long. 76° 36′-78° 16′; and according to official return,2 2 Parliamentary has an area of 8,280 square miles. The general physical aspect Return, April, of the district is that of a great recess opening to the east, in which direction it communicates with the vast plain of the Carnatic. The general surface is level, having at its western extremity, or towards the base of the Ghats, an average elevation of 800 or 900 feet above the sea. This district is inclosed * 1 1851. |