Baroach

Baroach, or Broach, a district and its capital in Gujerat, British India, under the jurisdiction of the governor of Bombay. The district has an area of 1,319 square miles. The town, 36 miles N. of Surat on the river Nerbudda, is in a dilapidated condition, but does some trade in cotton, grain, and seeds. It contains a famous Hindu pinjari pole, or asylum for every kind of living creature, the killing of which is forbidden by the Brahminical code.