MATHERAN

matheran, a hill sanatorium in india, in the kolaba district of bombay, 2460 ft. above the sea, and about 30 m. e. of bombay city. pop. (1901), 3060. it consists of several thickly wooded ridges, on a spur of the western ghats, with a magnificent outlook over the plain below and the distant sea. first explored in 1850, it has since become the favourite resort of the middle classes of bombay (especially the parsis) during the spring and autumn months. it has recently been connected by a 2 ft. gauge mountain line with neral station on the great indian peninsula railway, 54 m. from bombay.