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mountains, and the remarkable character of the incline, make the passage of the Bhor Ghat one of the most remarkable stages in Indian travel. In consequence of the reversing station, one portion of the incline

is

much above

nearly parallel to and

the other, both being, as

were, terraced 1400 feet directly over the Konkan. In some parts, the line is one half on rock benching, while the other half consists of a very lofty embankment, sometimes retained by a wall of masonry. In

it

other places, on

account of the enormous height, embankment is and while half the width of the railway is on a rock benching, the other half rests on vaulted arches. The viaduct that crosses the Mhau-ki-khind is 163 feet above the footing, and consists impossible,

of eight semicircular arches of 50 feet span.’ Trading village and produce depot in Rangpur District, BhotnicLri. engal. Lat. 26° i' n., long. 89“ 13' e. Chief trade jute, tobacco,

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and

ginger.

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Bhuban. Range of hills in the southern portion of Cachar District, Assam, forming the watershed between the Barak and Sonii rivers. They run north and south at a short distance from the eastern boundary of the District. Their height varies from 700 feet to 3000 feet, and

An

their slopes are very precipitous.

the top of the

god

Bhuban

hills,

annual pilgrimage takes place to

reputed to be one of the residences of the

Siva.

Bhiij

,

Chief town of the State of Cutch (Kachchh), in

connection with the

Bombay Presidency



Lat. 23° 15' n., long. 69° 48' 30" e.

fortified hill.

political

situated at the base of a

Population (1881)

Hindus numbered 12,506; Muhammadans, 8325; Jains, 1162; Christians, 61; Parsi's, 34; and ‘others,’ 220. Bhuj is a municipal town, and has a post-office, a central jail, a high school, a school of art, a library, and a dispensary. Municipal income (1880-81) ;i^963 The expenditure, ;^ioi7. dispensary in the same year treated 11,367 patients, of whom 333 22,308, including 1647 in cantonments.



were in-door.

The

monuments, and

as

place

is

chiefly interesting for

the snake divinity Bhujanga or Bhujiya. the town

are of earlier date than the

The mosque

inside

its

archaeological

having been at an early period dedicated to

the

city

gate

is

None

of the buildings in

middle of the i6th century. remarkable for the thickness

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one another an arrangement by which only a few of the worshippers can ever be within sight of the The town contains the mausoleums of the Rios of Cutch and rest. in its neighbourhood are a number of shrines and Muhammadan of

its

piers,

and

their closeness to



dargahs, of no special importance.

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See Ch. g Native State of Chutii Nagpur, Bengal. Bhukar. Bhukar. Town in Jansath tahstl, Muzaffarnagar District, Bhukarheri.

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