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were sent thence over Chutia Nagpur to Bardwan, where they met the Bengal levies, and the united army invaded Orissa. The town was subsequently made the seat of an imperial faujddr or military governor.

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Town in Gorakhpur District, North-Western Provinces, bank of the Gogra, 54 miles south-east of Gorakhpur town. Lat. 26" 10' N., long. 83° 52' E. An ancient town, which formerly gave its name to a pargand, and is said to have been the birth-place and Bhagalpur.

on the

left

(attributed by

and

several

some

ruins exist

2679.

BhagamandaL

A

Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu. to Parasu Rama, and by others

residence of Parasu

in

— Village

Presidency, with a ruined

the neighbourhood.

Padinalknad

in

fort.

to

stone pillar

Bhim

Singh)

Population (1881)

Madras

Coorg,

idluk,

Lat. 12* 23' n., long. 75° 36' E.

The

memorable for the conspicuous part it took in the wars between the Coorg Raja and Tipu Sultan. The fort was besieged and captured by Tipu in 1785, where he seized some 5000 Coorgs with their families, whom he sent to Mysore and forcibly made Muhammadans. Bhagamandal fort was recaptured by the Coorg Raj^ Dodda Vira Rajendra, in 1790. There is a temple of some importance, endowed by Government with ;^232 a year, together with ^^395, 12s. for the choultry^ and visited by pilgrims proceeding to the source of the place

is

Kaveri

5

miles farther on.

Bhdgirathi.

— River

of Bengal



a branch of the Ganges, which

it

Murshidabad Flowing in a southerly direction, it divides Murshidabad into District. two almost equal portions, and leaves the District below the village of leaves at Chhapghati, near the police station of Sutf in

Bidhupard, close to the battle-field of Plassey.

then forms the

It

boundary line between the Districts of Nadiya and Bardwan, until it Here its waters are met by those of the reaches Nadiya town. Jataxgi, and the united stream assumes the name of the Hugli. Chief tributaries, all on the right bank in Murshidabad, the united waters of the Bansloi and Pagla, and the Chora Dekra; and in Bardwdn, the Ajai and the Khan'. Principal towns on the banks in Murshidabad, Jangi'pur, Murshidabad, Jiaganj, and Berhampur in Nadiya, Nadiya town. The course of the in Bardwan, Katwa river frequently changes, and sandbanks and other obstructions are A series of efforts has been made by constantly being formed. Government to keep the channel clear for navigation and during the hot weather a weekly register of its depth, as well as that of the other Nadiya rivers (the Jalangi and the Matabhanga), is published, as a guide to native merchants and boatmen. This river is regarded by the Hindus as the sacred channel of the

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Ganges. stream VOL.

is II.

The Hindu as follows



traditional

account of the origin of the holy

— KingSagar was the thirteenth ancestor of Rama, z