BANSA—BANSDA.
9S the ancestors of
whom
the site was awarded for loyal services by the
Hindu Raja of Kanauj. Bansa.
—Village
in
School.
Dainoh
ta/is'il,
Damoh
District, Central Provinces;
about 15 miles west of Damoh town. Population (1881) 2514, namely, Hindus, 2373; Kabi'rpanthi, i; Muhammadans, 85;
situated
and aboriginal
tribes, 55.
Village school
and police
facture of coarse cloth.
Bansbaria Hugh'
(or Bdnsbdit,
in
river,
Hugh
Lat. 22° 57' 30" X.,
prising 6371
1882,
^364.
‘
The Place of Bamboos ’).
station.
Manu-
—Town
on the
Bengal; 29 miles north of Calcutta. long. 88° 26' 30" e. ; population (1881) 7031, comDistrict,
Hindus and 660 Muhammadans; municipal income There is a famous temple with 13 pinnacles, and
in
as
many images
of Siva, dedicated to the goddess Hanseswan'. It was by Rani Sankari Dasi, the wife of a zam'mddr of the place, at a cost of a Idkh of rupees (^10,000), and was formerly protected by an armed fort, armed with four cannon and surrounded by a trench, as a defence against the Marathas. The temple occupies 15 acres of ground. built
There were formerly 12 or 14 tols, or Sanskrit schools {see Nadiy.a. District) at Bansbaria, but Sanskrit studies are now on the decline. Here, too, the first native Christian church under a native minister in this part of the country was formed, the pastor being an educated native named Tarachand, who spoke English, French, and Portuguese with fluency.
Bansda
(
Wdnsdd
).
— Native
State within
Surat, in the Province of Guzerat,
Bombay
the
Political
Agency of
Presidency, lying between
and 20° 56' N. lat., and between 73° 18' and 73° 34' e. long. bounded west by Surat District, north by the State of Baroda, estieast by the Dang States, and south by the State of Dharampur mated area, 384 square miles; population (1881) 34,122; estimated 16,861 ; expenditure, ;£i4,g66, of which ^2682 was gross revenue, There are 87 villages in the State. With the spent on public works. 20° 42'
exception of a few villages bordering on the District of Surat, almost the whole country is covered with forest, the surface in some places
being level and
in others rising into
rocks and small
hills.
The
climate
unhealthy, fevers and other diseases prevailing throughout the year. There are some tracts of black soil, but over the greater part of the is
State
the
soil
manufactures carpets
and
is
light-coloured.
— cotton
cloth.
tape,
The
mats,
Products fans,
—
gram, and pulse and coarse woollen Hindus of Rajput ex-
rice,
baskets,
family of the chief are
The ruins traction, claiming descent from the Solanki race of princes. of the fortified enclosure near Bansda, and of several temples and works At one time the of irrigation, point to a former period of prosperity. had possessions extending to the sea-coast ; but by the
chiefs probably
advance of the Musalmans they were gradually driven to seek refuge
