BAA^S WABA-BANTIVA. The
Musalmans and Rajputs.
trading classes,
103
system of administration
low ebb, and there no made roads in the State, nor traffic routes of any importance, most of the traffic from Ratlam and Malwa passing south through Kushalgarh. The chief keeps a military force of 3 guns with 20 gunners, 60 cavalry and 500 infantry. The State is divided into the following 8 Districts, viz. Ghanti-Utar, Loaria, Chimda, Bhungra, In this article Mahi'rawara, Panchalwara, Khanduwara, and Pathog. the revenue, etc. has been calculated into British rupees from the local Salim Shah currency, which is worth about one-third less than the
is
Education
generally of a primitive sort.
at a
is
are
standard rupee.
—Capital of the State of
Banswara.
23° 30' N., long.
74’ 24' E.
name,
that
Rajputana.
in
The
Population
(1881) 7908. palace stands on rising ground to the south of the city, and
by a high loopholed wall with three
On
gates.
is
Lat. chief’s
surrounded
the crest of the low ridge
to the south of the capital stands a double-storied building called the
Shahi Belas, built by the present or
‘
chief.
To
the east
mausoleums of the
chhatris or
the top of a
hill
two miles
the Bai Tal,
rulers of
wall round
which, except on the south,
it,
A
Dispensary and post-office.
repair.
attended by about 2000
Banthar.
— Town
in
visitors,
Unao
6529.
(
District,
Wanthli, Vanathali
— See Wanthli. — Native State
in the Province of
').
Oudh
—Town
15
days,
and
Kathiawar,
in
Bombay
and between 70°
The country
is
south of
Unao
Population (1881) 2235, 82; 6 Hindu temples;
70° 22' 15"
long.; estimated area, 221 square miles
revenue, ^^45,000.
5 miles
within the Sorath
Guzerat (Gujarat
21° 24' and 21° 39' N. lat,
lasting
takes place in October.
Lat. 21° 28' 30" N., long.
Bantwa.
be the
in a tolerable state of
is
namely, Hindus, 2153, and Muhammadans, vernacuhr school.
Banthly
old ruins on
The town has a
it.
fair,
town, on the road from Purwa to Cawnpur.
sidency.
Some
Banswdra.
to the south of the city, are said to
remains of the palace of the chief who founded
E.
Bombay
Pre-
population (1881)
District of
Kathiawar,
Presidency, lying between o'
15" and 70° 18' 45"
e.
population (1881) 38,536; gross for the most part a plain of rich
watered towards the south by the Bhadar and Ojhat rivers. climate is on the whole good; the average rainfall is about 25
black
The
lies
Lady’s Lake,’ and in a garden about half a mile distant are the
soil,
inches. grains,
There
The chief diseases are fever and dysentery. Besides the usual much cotton is grown, and a considerable quantity of sugar-cane. is
The
a local manufacture of coarse cotton cloth.
ruling family
the second
made
Nawab
over in
1
740.
Musalman, descended from a younger son of whom the Bantwa territory was Engagements to keep order and remain at peace
is
of Junagarh, to
