Aurangabad (English spelling)

Japanese: アウランガーバード（英語表記）Aurangābād

A city in the central part of Maharashtra, western India. It is the administrative capital of Aurangabad district. It is located about 280 km east-northeast of Mumbai (Bombay), at an altitude of about 560 m in the hills that continue south of the Ajanta range. It faces the Kaum River, a tributary of the Godavari River. When it was founded in 1610, it was called Khadki, but shortly after Aurangzeb, who later became the sixth Mughal emperor, took up the post as the governor of the Deccan and changed its name. It later came under the control of the Hyderabad Kingdom, and after independence it was incorporated into Bombay State, and has been part of Maharashtra since 1960. Silk is a specialty of the city, and it is also active in the processing of agricultural and livestock products from the surrounding area, as well as cotton and woolen textiles and oil extraction. The district is home to Buddhist ruins such as Ajanta and Ellora. Population: 572,634 (1991).

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Japanese:

インド西部，マハーラーシュトラ州中部の都市。アウランガーバード県の行政庁所在地。ムンバイ (ボンベイ) 東北東約 280km，アジャンタ山脈の南に続く丘陵中の標高約 560mに位置。ゴダバリ川支流のカウム川に面する。 1610年に建設された当時はカドキと呼ばれていたが，ほどなく，のちにムガル帝国の第6代皇帝となったアウラングゼーブがデカン太守として着任し，改名。その後ハイデラバード王国の支配下に入り，独立後ボンベイ州に編入され，1960年からマハーラーシュトラ州に属している。絹織物を特産し，綿織物，毛織物，搾油などのほか，周辺の農・畜産物の加工が盛ん。県内にはアジャンタ，エローラなどの仏教遺跡がある。人口 57万 2634 (1991) 。

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