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the remains of an old Chandel temple, built of solid blocks of stone,
much defaced by Musalmans.
carved with the figures of Hindu gods,
The town
consists of three divisions, separated
and the houses are
land,
prettily
1881
in
Basahari.
in
—Town
in
and Jains, 80. Basantar.
—Stream and
torrents,
Ben.
Khurai
of
Sagar District, Central Provinces,
ta/is'il,
in
Gurdaspur
itself falling into
District,
Muhammadans, 50;
Punjab
fed by
numerous
the Ravi a few miles east of the
much used
volume of water
in the rains
in Jessor District,
Bengal; on the Bhairab
Carries a large
purposes of
xx.
incidence of taxation, 2^d. per head.
Population (1881) 2059, namely, Hindus, 1929;
hill
First-class
foliage.
Income under Act
police station, post-office, staging bungalow.
1856,
by stretches of cultivated
embosomed
for
irrigation.
Basantia.
—Village
Lat. 23° 8'
12 miles east of Jessor town.
n
.,
long. 89° 24' e
river,
Being
.
the nearest point to Jessor to which boats of large size can come,
it
may
be said to serve as a port to that town, with a considerable trade in sugar, and in the import of rice. Much country traffic is also carried on by road between Basantia and Jessor. Basantpur. Trading village at the confluence of the Kalindi and Jamuna rivers, on the northern boundary of Khulna District, Bengal. Lat. 22° 27' 30" N., long. 89° 2' 15" E. Being the point of convergence of the two great boat routes between Calcutta and Eastern Bengal (known as the Inner and Outer Sundarban Passage), it is an important
—
and does much business with the Eastern
trading place,
principally in paddy.
water,
and
All boats put in here for provisions
There
also for repairs.
is
good anchorage
for
Districts,
and
fresh
country craft
of any burthen.
Basantpur.
—Village
in
Muzaffarpur
Lat. 26° i'n.,
District, Bengal.
population (1881) 5107, namely, 4774 Hindus and 333 Muhammadans. Area, 2646 acres. The village is close to the main road leading from Lalganj to Sahibganj. little to the north of
long.
85°
7'
E.
A
it is
the
Kewalpura outwork of the Sarya indigo
Basera
{ox Baseda).
— Village
in
factory.
Muzaffarnagar
District,
Western Provinces; ir miles from Muzaffarnagar town. (1881) 3868, chiefly villagers
—
found 33
Jats.
agriculturists
feet
The
—are
village
generally
is
tolerably well kept,
prosperous.
Good
North-
Population
and the
well-water
below surface.
—
Bashahr. One of the Punjab Hill States, lying between 31° 6' 30" and 32° 4' 30” N. lat., and between 77° 32' 15" and 79° 2' 30" e. long. ; Population (1881) 64,345, namely, Hindus, area, 3320 square miles. 63,924 Muhammadans, 365 Jains, 33 Christians, 22 and Buddhist,
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Number
of occupied houses, 8533.
Average density of population,
19 per square mile; estimated revenue, jQ^ooo, excluding assignments
