Mysore

Mysore: see Karnataka, state, India.

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Mysore

City (pop., 2001: 755,379), southern Karnataka state, southern India. Situated midway between the Kaveri (Cauvery) and Kabbani rivers, the site was inhabited before the 3rd century BC. The city was the capital of the princely state of Mysore (1799–1831), then it was occupied by the British. The state's second largest city, it is an important industrial centre producing textiles, chemicals, and foodstuffs. Sites of interest include the 17th-century British residency, the maharaja's palace, and the University of Mysore (founded 1916). Nearby Chamundi Hill has a monolith representing Nandi, the sacred bull of the Hindu deity Shiva.

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Mysore

1. a city in S India, in S Karnataka state: former capital of the state of Mysore; manufacturing and trading centre; university (1916). Pop.: 742 261 (2001)

2. the former name (until 1973) of Karnataka

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Mysore 

a city in southern India, in an intermontane basin at the foot of Chamundi Hill. Located in the state of Karnataka (formerly Mysore). Population, 355,600 (1971). It is a railroad junction. The main industries are textiles (basically cotton), food (rice milling, vegetable-oil production), and chemicals (fertilizers and plastics). Cottage industries produce fabrics and wood, metal, and ivory handicrafts. Mysore has a university (founded in 1916) and an agricultural college.