GADAG

gadag, or garag, a town of british india, in the dharwar district of bombay, 43 m. e. of dharwar town. pop. (1901) 30,652. it is an important railway junction on the southern mahratta system, with a growing trade in raw cotton, and also in the weaving of cotton and silk. there are factories for ginning and pressing cotton, and a spinning mill. the town contains remains of a number of temples, some of which exhibit fine carving, while inscriptions in them indicate the existence of gadag as early as the 10th century.