Bharūch

Japanese: バルーチ（英語表記）Bharūch

A port city in the southeastern part of Gujarat state, western India. Also known as Broach. Population 133,000 (1991). Located on the north bank of the mouth of the Narmada River, it has flourished as an important base for trade with the west on the west coast of India since the Maurya Dynasty in the 3rd century BCE. It appears in the Perspective of the Erythraean Sea, written around the 1st century, under the name Barygaza (called Bharkacha in Indian historical sources). In the early 17th century, the British established a trading post here shortly after their advance into India. Cotton and rice from the surrounding areas are distributed here, and industries such as cotton and glass are based here.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

インド西部，グジャラート州南東部の港市。ブローチBroachとも呼ばれる。人口13万3000(1991)。ナルマダー河口部北岸にあり，前3世紀のマウリヤ朝以来，インド西海岸の対西方貿易の重要拠点として栄えてきた。1世紀ころの《エリュトラ海案内記》にもバリュガザBarygaza(インド側史料ではバールカッチャ)の名であらわれる。17世紀初めにもインド進出直後のイギリスがここに商館を設けている。周辺からの綿花，米を集散し，綿業，ガラスなどの工業が立地する。

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