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was given on lease, and a new agricultural village is now springing up on the site of the old town, and the dense jungle is nearly cleared away. According to the recent Census of i88i, the number of inhabited houses was returned at 51, and the population (which is it

increasing) at 269.

Bhambore the

—

Ruined city near the town of Gharo, in {Bamburd). idluk, Karachi (Kurrachee) District, Sind, Bombay

Nurpur Sakro

Presidency. Lat. 24“ 40' N., long. 67° 41' e. It was once fortified, and was known as the Kafir or Infidel city, with temples of sanctity, but was stormed by the Muhammadans in their first invasion in 711 a.d. Tradition preserves its old name as Debal, Dewal or Dawal, the temple ; but it is believed that before the Musalman invasion it was known under the name of the Mahara or Mansawar. The ruins, as also the numerous coins found on the site, attest its former population and importance.

—

Bhamgarh. Town in Nimar District, Central Provinces 8 miles Khandwa town. Population (1881) 2257, chiefly cultivators:

east of

Hindus, 1991 Muhammadans, 265 vernacular school.

Jain,



Weekly market and

i.

—

Bhamraguri. Forest reserve in Darrang District, Assam. See Bhomoraguri. Bhan. Village in the Sehwdn taluk, Karachi (Kurrachee) District, Sind, Bombay Presidency. Distant 12 miles north-west of Sehwan town.

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Lat. 26° 33' N., long. 67° 56' 30" E.



agricultural

1

population (1881) 1084, chiefly

— 833 Muhammadans, 25 Hindus. and Government school. railway Bhandak. — The eastern pargand of the

post-office,

station,

area, about

384 square

Bhandak.

—Town

north-west of

Chanda

miles, mainly hill

in

Warora

tahsil,

Chanda

Lat. (centre) 26° 10' n., long. 79° 10' e.

District, Central Provinces.

Chanda

town.

and

District, Central

Lat.

26°

6'



forest.

30"

Provinces; 18 miles long.

n.,

79°

9'

15" e.

Population (1881) 2575, namel)’, Hindus, 2248; Muhammadans, 136; Jains, 16; aboriginal tribes, 175. Contains about 470 houses, scattered over a large extent of ground ; and surrounded, except on the west,

by ancient groves and jungle. Tradition runs that here stood the great of Bhadravati, mentioned in the Mahdbhdrata, extending from

city

Bhatala to the Jharpat, the scene of the battle for the Samkarna horse.

the

The

The demi-god Bhima, whose

Dewala

Hill,

footprint

is

still

pointed out on

bore away the horse for sacrifice by Dharma, the king.

temple-caves at

Bhandak and

the traces of forts on those

hills,

in the

Dewala and Winjhasam'

tions of the king’s palace, the bridge over a

numerous ruined temples and great city in the remote past.

Hills,

the temple of Bhadravati, the founda-

now

dried-up lake, and

tanks, testify to the existence here of a

The town

carries

on but

little

trade.