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BASAHARI^BASHAHR.

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the remains of an old Chandel temple, built of solid blocks of stone,

much defaced by Musalmans.

carved with the figures of Hindu gods,

The town

consists of three divisions, separated

and the houses are

land,

prettily

1881

in

Basahari.

in



—Town

in

and Jains, 80. Basantar.

—Stream and

torrents,

Ben.

Khurai

of

Sagar District, Central Provinces,

ta/is'il,

in

Gurdaspur

itself falling into

District,

Muhammadans, 50;

Punjab



fed by

numerous

the Ravi a few miles east of the

much used

volume of water

in the rains

in Jessor District,

Bengal; on the Bhairab

Carries a large

purposes of

xx.

incidence of taxation, 2^d. per head.

Population (1881) 2059, namely, Hindus, 1929;

hill

First-class

foliage.

Income under Act

police station, post-office, staging bungalow.

1856,

by stretches of cultivated

embosomed



for

irrigation.

Basantia.

—Village

Lat. 23° 8'

12 miles east of Jessor town.

n

.,

long. 89° 24' e

river,

Being

.

the nearest point to Jessor to which boats of large size can come,

it

may

be said to serve as a port to that town, with a considerable trade in sugar, and in the import of rice. Much country traffic is also carried on by road between Basantia and Jessor. Basantpur. Trading village at the confluence of the Kalindi and Jamuna rivers, on the northern boundary of Khulna District, Bengal. Lat. 22° 27' 30" N., long. 89° 2' 15" E. Being the point of convergence of the two great boat routes between Calcutta and Eastern Bengal (known as the Inner and Outer Sundarban Passage), it is an important

—

and does much business with the Eastern

trading place,

principally in paddy.

water,

and

All boats put in here for provisions

There

also for repairs.

is

good anchorage

for

Districts,

and

fresh

country craft

of any burthen.

Basantpur.

—Village

in

Muzaffarpur

Lat. 26° i'n.,

District, Bengal.

population (1881) 5107, namely, 4774 Hindus and 333 Muhammadans. Area, 2646 acres. The village is close to the main road leading from Lalganj to Sahibganj. little to the north of

long.

85°

7'

E.



A

it is

the

Kewalpura outwork of the Sarya indigo

Basera

{ox Baseda).

— Village

in

factory.

Muzaffarnagar

District,

Western Provinces; ir miles from Muzaffarnagar town. (1881) 3868, chiefly villagers

—

found 33

Jats.

agriculturists

feet

The

—are

village

generally

is

tolerably well kept,

prosperous.

Good

North-

Population

and the

well-water

below surface.

—

Bashahr. One of the Punjab Hill States, lying between 31° 6' 30" and 32° 4' 30” N. lat., and between 77° 32' 15" and 79° 2' 30" e. long. ; Population (1881) 64,345, namely, Hindus, area, 3320 square miles. 63,924 Muhammadans, 365 Jains, 33 Christians, 22 and Buddhist,

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Number



of occupied houses, 8533.





Average density of population,

19 per square mile; estimated revenue, jQ^ooo, excluding assignments