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and part of the walls of an old palace. Ruins of Buddhist temples abound, and inscriptions testify that in the 14th century Baikur was the seat of the viceregal government of the Rai of Vijayanagar. Among the sculptures, one representing a procession of armed men, bearing a striking resemblance in equipments and general appearance to the Greek soldier)', and another of a centaur, deserve special mark. Tradition asserts that it was from here that the Alya Santana law of inheritance was promulgated. The present town possesses some trade in brass and copper utensils See Haxgarkatta. Barmuard. Tributary State in Mahi Kantha, Guzerat Province, Population (1881) 4065. Bombay Presidency. Revenue,.

—

expenditure,


 * i£^i8o.

—

—

Tribute, ;^9o, payable to Baroda.

Mountain gorge in Daspalla State, Orissa, near Barmiil Pass. Goaldeo Peak. Lat. 20° 30' n., long. 84° 50' e. The pass is overhung with crags and peaks of wild beauty, and the Mahanadi river sweeps through it, forming the northern boundar)' of the State. The hills on either side are magnificently wooded, and the gorge is at one part so narrow that the river rises 70 feet in time of flood. During the Maratha war of 1803, the Barmul Pass was forced by a British force under Major Forbes. It was here that the Marathas made their last stand but on the 2nd of November 1803 they were completely defeated, and with

difficulty

escaped over the

hills.

—

Barnadl. River in Assam, flowing south from the mountains of Bhutan into the Brahmaputra, in Nowgong District. Lat. at point of junction 26° 13' N., long. 91° 48' e. For the most part it forms the boundary between Kamnip District on the west and Darrang District on the east but its channel is liable to constant changes, which have left many old beds. It is navigable by large country boats in the rainy season, and by canoes during the rest of the year.

Bdraagar.

— Town

(1881) 7908.

Baroda

(

IVadodrd).

in

Gwalior

territory,

— Non-tributary

with the Government of India



Central India.

Population

State, in direct political relation

including

all

the territories of his High-

ness the Gaekwar, in different parts of the Province of Guzerat,

Bombay

These territories (lying between 21° 51' and 22° 49 n. lat., and between 72° 53' and 73° 55' e. long.) have, according to the Census of 1881, a total area of 8570 square miles, and a population Presidency.

'

of 2,185,005, or 255 to the square mile. They are divided into four viz. (i) the Kadi or northern Division, com-

administrative Divisions,

prising the Districts of Pattan, Kadi, Vi'japur, Vfsnagar,

Vadaoli,

Sidhpur,

Kheralu, and Mesana



Dehgaon, Kalol, or Baroda

(2) the central

Division, comprising the Districts round Baroda itself, viz. Baroda, Choranda, Jarod, Petlad, Padra, Dabhoi, Sinoe, and Sankheda; (3) the southern, or the Navsari Division, comprising the Districts of Navsari,