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BANSA—BANSDA.

9S the ancestors of

whom

the site was awarded for loyal services by the

Hindu Raja of Kanauj. Bansa.

—Village

in

School.

Dainoh

ta/is'il,

Damoh

District, Central Provinces;

about 15 miles west of Damoh town. Population (1881) 2514, namely, Hindus, 2373; Kabi'rpanthi, i; Muhammadans, 85;

situated

and aboriginal

tribes, 55.

Village school

and police

facture of coarse cloth.

Bansbaria Hugh'

(or Bdnsbdit,

in

river,

Hugh

Lat. 22° 57' 30" X.,

prising 6371

1882,

^364.

‘

The Place of Bamboos ’).

station.

Manu-

—Town

on the

Bengal; 29 miles north of Calcutta. long. 88° 26' 30" e. ; population (1881) 7031, comDistrict,

Hindus and 660 Muhammadans; municipal income There is a famous temple with 13 pinnacles, and

in

as

many images

of Siva, dedicated to the goddess Hanseswan'. It was by Rani Sankari Dasi, the wife of a zam'mddr of the place, at a cost of a Idkh of rupees (^10,000), and was formerly protected by an armed fort, armed with four cannon and surrounded by a trench, as a defence against the Marathas. The temple occupies 15 acres of ground. built

There were formerly 12 or 14 tols, or Sanskrit schools {see Nadiy.a. District) at Bansbaria, but Sanskrit studies are now on the decline. Here, too, the first native Christian church under a native minister in this part of the country was formed, the pastor being an educated native named Tarachand, who spoke English, French, and Portuguese with fluency.

Bansda

(

Wdnsdd

).

— Native

State within

Surat, in the Province of Guzerat,

Bombay

the

Political

Agency of

Presidency, lying between

and 20° 56' N. lat., and between 73° 18' and 73° 34' e. long. bounded west by Surat District, north by the State of Baroda, estieast by the Dang States, and south by the State of Dharampur mated area, 384 square miles; population (1881) 34,122; estimated 16,861 ; expenditure, ;£i4,g66, of which ^2682 was gross revenue, There are 87 villages in the State. With the spent on public works. 20° 42'



exception of a few villages bordering on the District of Surat, almost the whole country is covered with forest, the surface in some places

being level and

in others rising into

rocks and small

hills.

The

climate

unhealthy, fevers and other diseases prevailing throughout the year. There are some tracts of black soil, but over the greater part of the is

State

the

soil

manufactures carpets

and

is

light-coloured.

— cotton

cloth.

tape,

The

mats,

Products fans,

—

gram, and pulse and coarse woollen Hindus of Rajput ex-

rice,



baskets,

family of the chief are

The ruins traction, claiming descent from the Solanki race of princes. of the fortified enclosure near Bansda, and of several temples and works At one time the of irrigation, point to a former period of prosperity. had possessions extending to the sea-coast ; but by the

chiefs probably

advance of the Musalmans they were gradually driven to seek refuge