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passing under the railway between Arrah and Bihiya, east,

and

Gangi

finally falls into the

except during the

nai/i.

It

it

turns to the

contains very

little

water,

rains.

—

River of Chutia Nagpur, Bengal. Rises in the range of which separates Chang Bhakar from Korea State; flows in a westerly direction through Chang Bhakar until it takes a bend to the north, following the boundary line of the State, which it leaves at its

Bands.

hills

north-west corner, and passes into Rewa.

rocky bed and frequent rapids

—



there

is

no

It

is

a

hill

stream, with

traffic.

Bandsa. Village in Carhwal State, North-Western Provinces; situated on the left bank of the Jumna (Jamuna), 7 miles below its source, at Lat. 30° 56' n., long. 78° 27' e. the confluence of the Banasa torrent. Picturesquely perched on a natural ledge of rock, with other ledges rising above. Hot springs abound in the neighbourhood. Overwhelmed and half destroyed by the fall of a precipice in 1816. Taluk in Kadiir District, Mysore Arrow-bearing' 'i). Bandvar Native State; enlarged in 1875 by the addition of Kadur taluk, and now contains 6 Hoblis, with 440 primary and 171 secondary villages.

—

ly

467 square miles; population (1881)

76,384; land revenue 1,507, or 5s. per cultivated (1874-75), exclusive of water rates, acre. Hindus form the bulk of the population, of whom 36 per cent, Area,

are agriculturists.

Bandvar.

—Village

Kadur

in

miles east of Chikmagalur.

District,

Mysore Native State

Lat. 13° 24' n., long. 76° 14'

e.





30

population

rate of taxation, (1881) 2110; municipal revenue (1874-75) Formerly the capital of a Jain principality, and now the 7d. per head.

head-quarters of a taluk of the

Banavdsi {Bannawasi).

same name.

—Town

in

North Kanara

District,

Bombay

Presidency; situated on the banks of the Warda river, 14 miles from Sirsi, the head-quarters of the Sub-division, 20 miles south-east of

Sunda, and 370 north-west of Madras. Lat. 14° 33' n., long. 75° 5' e. Formerly a town of considerable importance, Population (1881) 1999. The temple to Siva, though but now hardly more than a village. a

mean

building,

frequented



it

had once very

large

endowments, and

is

much made

still

contains a very fine figure of Nandi, and a table

from black granite. The car-drawing ceremony here takes place every year about March or April, and is attended by about 4000 people, The name of the town occurs in Ptolemy. chiefly Haiga Brahmans. See Bancoora. District and town in Bardwan Division, Bengal

—

Bankur.v.

Bdnda.

—

District

.

in

the

—

Lieutenant-Covernorship of the North-

Western Provinces, lying between 24° 53' 15" and 25° 55' n. lat., and between 80° 2' 45" and 81° 36' 15" e. long. Area, 3061 square Banda is a miles; with a population, in 1881, of 698,608 souls.