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the west of the town, the land

is

low, well cultivated,

inundation, while to the east the land

is

and subject

to

high and dry, treeless and

There is a rich extent of land under well cultivation below the town, protected by embankments from inundations of the Indus, and sandy.

which grows two or three crops in the year. The neighbouring kachi is full of date groves and fruit gardens, and in it stands a famous mango tree, the fruit of which used to be sent to Kabul in the old days of Afghan rule. Bhakkar was founded probably towards the close of the 15th century by a body of colonists from Dera Ismail Khan, led by a Baluch adventurer, whose descendants long held the surrounding country, till ousted by the grantees of Ahmad Shah Durani. The town contains, besides the ordinary tahsili courts, a dispensary, middle school,

bungalow, and sardi (native inn). The trade is purely local. Government garden with a plantation of fine shisham trees is situated

travellers’

A

just outside the town.

—

Bhalala. Petty State of Jhalawar in Kathiawar, Bombay Presidency consisting of one village, with 3 independent tribute-payers. Lat. 22° 51' N., long. 71° 56' E. estimated revenue ^204, of which

paid as British tribute.

8s. is

Bhalgam Buldhoi. — Petty Presidency; consisting of

of South

State

villages,

2

with

Kfithiawdr,

independent

2

Bombay tribute-

Estimated revenue, ^200. Tribute payable to the British Government, ;^2o, 8s. ; to the Nawab of Junagarh, t6s. Bhalgam

payers.

village

situated in

is

Bhalgamra. Presidency estimated

lat.

— Petty

22° 27'

n., long.

70° 54'

e.

State in Jhalawar District, Kathiawar,

Bombay

consisting of 3 villages, with 3 independent tribute-payers ; revenue, ;^n83; tribute, ;^i5o, los., of which ^140 is

paid to the British Government,

and ^10,

los. to the

Nawab

of

Junagarh.

Bhalusna.

— Chiefship and town within the

Political

Agency of Mahi

Kantha, in the Province of Gujarat (Guzerat), Bombay Presidency. Lat. 23° 50' 30" N., long. 72° 50' E.

estimated area, 59 miles; popu(i88i) 3548; gross revenue, including transit dues, There is products are wheat, millet, sugar-cane, and Indian corn.

lation

The I

school, with 22 pupils.

caste,

and

The

his title Thfikur.

chief

He

is

a Hindu, a

Kochuvan Koli by

holds no satiad authorizing adoption.

In matters of succession his house follows the rule of primogeniture. tribute of ;^ii6 is payable to the State of Edar. Bhdm. Town (deserted) in Wun District, Berar. Lat. 20° r3' 30"

A

—

Vast stone ruins, 78“ 3' E. ; 16 miles south ofYEOTMAL. covering a large area, bear witness to the city camps which followed Tradition relates that of Bairagis the standard of Raghuji Bhonsla. N., long.

(religious

houses.

mendicants) alone there were

The

site

was

till

lately

at

one time no fewer than 5000 but in 1876

covered with dense jungle