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 BAA^S WABA-BANTIVA. The

Musalmans and Rajputs.

trading classes,

103

system of administration

low ebb, and there no made roads in the State, nor traffic routes of any importance, most of the traffic from Ratlam and Malwa passing south through Kushalgarh. The chief keeps a military force of 3 guns with 20 gunners, 60 cavalry and 500 infantry. The State is divided into the following 8 Districts, viz. Ghanti-Utar, Loaria, Chimda, Bhungra, In this article Mahi'rawara, Panchalwara, Khanduwara, and Pathog. the revenue, etc. has been calculated into British rupees from the local Salim Shah currency, which is worth about one-third less than the

is

Education

generally of a primitive sort.

at a

is

are

standard rupee.

—Capital of the State of

Banswara.

23° 30' N., long.

74’ 24' E.

name,

that

Rajputana.

in

The

Population

(1881) 7908. palace stands on rising ground to the south of the city, and

by a high loopholed wall with three

On

gates.

is

Lat. chief’s

surrounded

the crest of the low ridge

to the south of the capital stands a double-storied building called the

Shahi Belas, built by the present or

‘

chief.

To

the east

mausoleums of the

chhatris or

the top of a

hill

two miles

the Bai Tal,

rulers of

wall round

which, except on the south,

it,

A

Dispensary and post-office.

repair.

attended by about 2000

Banthar.

— Town

in

visitors,

Unao

6529.

(

District,

Wanthli, Vanathali

— See Wanthli. — Native State

in the Province of

').

Oudh

—Town

15

days,

and

Kathiawar,

in

Bombay

and between 70°

The country

is

south of

Unao

Population (1881) 2235, 82; 6 Hindu temples;

70° 22' 15"

long.; estimated area, 221 square miles

revenue, ^^45,000.

5 miles



within the Sorath

Guzerat (Gujarat

21° 24' and 21° 39' N. lat,

lasting

takes place in October.

Lat. 21° 28' 30" N., long.

Bantwa.

be the

in a tolerable state of

is

namely, Hindus, 2153, and Muhammadans, vernacuhr school.

Banthly

old ruins on

The town has a

it.

fair,

town, on the road from Purwa to Cawnpur.

sidency.

Some

Banswdra.

to the south of the city, are said to

remains of the palace of the chief who founded

E.



Bombay

Pre-

population (1881)

District of

Kathiawar,

Presidency, lying between o'

15" and 70° 18' 45"

e.

population (1881) 38,536; gross for the most part a plain of rich

watered towards the south by the Bhadar and Ojhat rivers. climate is on the whole good; the average rainfall is about 25

black

The

lies

Lady’s Lake,’ and in a garden about half a mile distant are the

soil,

inches. grains,

There

The chief diseases are fever and dysentery. Besides the usual much cotton is grown, and a considerable quantity of sugar-cane. is

The

a local manufacture of coarse cotton cloth.

ruling family

the second

made

Nawab

over in

1

740.

Musalman, descended from a younger son of whom the Bantwa territory was Engagements to keep order and remain at peace

is

of Junagarh, to