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 PAR OL Tradition re'ates that there was four.erly a jurgle here. In the Treta Yog, or second age of the world, Lachl man, by order of his brother Rája Bám Chandar, of Ajodhya, turned out Ráni Síta on this land; hence the name of the pargana from the Sanskrit word “ Parhar," to turn out, or let go, i.e., divorce--afterwards corrupted into Pariar. In 595 A.H. (1187 A.D.), Hewanchal Singh, a Dikhit Thákur, came here with an army from the north, conquered the Lonias, then zamindars of the pargana, and founded the village of Pariar. In 1785 A.D., 28 villages were taken from Sikandar- pur and Safipur and formed as pargana Pariar. PARIAR--Pargana PARIAR-Tahsil UNAO— District UNAO.—Lies in Lati- titude 26°44' north, longtitude 80°22 east to the north-west of Unao, at the distance of 14 miles. An unmetalled road connects it with Rasúlabad. The river Ganges ruus past the village towards the south. There is a lake by name Malina near this village. The origin of the name is given in the pargapa article. Rúp Singh, Báchhil, was a man of note here in the time of Mián Almás Ali Khan. He built a fort and a ganj or walled bazar at this place. A tahsildar resided here during the Nawabi. There is one general market, and a cloth market twice a week in Daulatganj. There is now no saráe, thána, or tahsil. There is no jungle near. The climate is good. The population amounts to 2,593, of whom Brahmans are as many as 638, and Musalmans only 117. There is a great bathing fair on the Kártiki Púran- mishi, attended by 100,000 souls. The market and fair realize about 1,522 rupees only. There are 589 mud-built houses and two masonry. Thero are six Hindu temples. Tradition relates, when Rája Rám Chandar was performing the sacrifice called Ashwamed Jagg, he loosed the horse Shyámbaran, and announced that whoever caught it would thereby signify a wish to make war with him. Kus and Lav, the sons of the raja hiniself, scized the horse in the jungle of Pariar, and thereupon a great fight ensued. In a temple at Pariar there are to be seen up till the present time a number of arrow heads said to have been used by the contending parties, and they are also some- times picked up in the bed of the river. There is a templo in honour of Srí Bâlkaneswar Náth Mahadeo on the Ganges built by Lav and Kus, and one to Jánkiji or Ráni Síta. PARSANDAN- Pargana GORINDA PARSANDAN—Tahsil Monn-District UNAO.---Parsandan is 12 miles south of Jhalotar Ajgain and 14 north-east of Unao. In the king's time it was headquarters of the pargana of the same name, but since the establishment of British rule Parsandan has been joined to pargana Gorinda, and made a part of tahsil Mohári. metalled road from Lucknow to Cawnpore passes through this part of the country. There is nothing certain known about the date and circum- stances connected with its foundation. It is said that in early days thero was a dense jungle in the vicinity, and the heroic Paras Rám, the sixth incarnation of the deity, performed his penances here; date unknown. There were some traces of his place of worship left which induced Rája, Ugrasen to come from the other side of the Jumapa, and he cleared the jungle, and founded the present town. It is supposed to have taken its