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 PAN-PAR 59 Bareli side of the pargana and lying between the villages on the east of this pargana, and the nearest villages of Rae Bareli, is a very large jhil, named the Sudna Táláb. The shape of this sheet of water is a horse-shoe, the convex side being towards Panhan. This tank is one of the largest in this and the adjoining pargana on the Rae Bareli side. It is well stocked with saur, parhan, sahri, and other fish. The history of this pargana is meagre. The earliest known occupants were the Bbars, one of whose rajas is said to have borne the name of Pain, and to have ouilt the town of Panhan, giving it his name. The remains of an old fort are discernible in the vicinity of the village of Panhan, and are said to be the remains of the ancient Bhar stronghold. About 1,600 years ago Sáliváhan came with his army to Shiurajpur in the modern district of Fatehpur, and halted there to bathe in the Ganges. Abhai Chand Bais and his brother, Pirthí Chand, were with Sáliváhan. The former advanced and crossed the Ganges, attacked the Bhars, and defeated them at Panhan. Abhai Chand added other dominions to his conquest, and Panhan formed part of the large domain known as Baiswára. PANHAN Village-- Pargana PANHAN-Tahsil PURWA-District UN40. -Panhan lies 24 miles south of Unao on the country road form Uuao to Rae Bareli. The river Lon runs two miles to the north. The town was founded 2,200 years ago by the Raja Pann, chief of the Bhars, from whom it derived its name. It is well situated among groves, good water, and fertile soil. A celebrated faqir named Muhammad Shah resided here. There is a vernacular school attended by about 50 boys. Fairs are held in January and March in honour of Muhammad Shah, each attended by about 4,000 people. Sweetmeats made at this place are remarkable. Population is 2,773, of whom 800 are Brahmans and 130 Musalmans. There are two temples to Mahadeo and one to Debi. The sales at the fairs amount to Rs. 24,000 annually. Latitude 26°25' north. Longitude PARÁSPUR ATA*«Pargana GuWÁRICH–Tahsil BEGAMGANJ---District GONDA.—A very large straggling village in the Guwárich pargana on the country road between Nawabganj and Colonelganj, 26 miles from the former, and 10 from the latter market, and 15 miles south-west of Gonda. Adjoining, and in fact making one village with it is Ata, and the joint population is retumed at 7,107. It is almost entirely Hindu, and contains no remarkable castes or religions; on the boundary of the two villages is a flourishing school where rather over a hundred boys imbibe instruction in Hindi, Urdu, arithmetic, and the elements of algebra and euclid. The houses are almost without exception of mud, and in Paráspur itself is a small bazar, open twice a week for the wants of the neighbouring rus- tics, and acting as a depôt for as much of the export produce of the sur- rounding villages as does not find its way to one of the larger bazars. The town was founded nearly 400 years ago by Rája Paras Rám Kalhans, the only surviving son of the ill-starred chieftain whose destruction by the 10. OP 80°54' east.
 * By Mr. W. C. Benett, C.S., Assistant Commissioner.