BA VRA—BA WAN.
2i8
miles; population (i88i) 39,356 ; gross revenue, hilly and well wooded, and the soil generally red.
which
local rainfall,
is
seldom
The land
is
In addition to the
deficient, four streams pass
through the
country above the Ghats, and two others water the villages lying at the foot of the hills. For purposes of irrigation, the water both of wells
and and
rivers
is
upland
raised, in the
tract, by the rope and leather bag, by the Persian wheel. From the strong
in the low-lying villages
damp wind and
excessive wet of the rainy season (June to October), the
climate of Bavra
is
The chief articles
of production are rice, and the usual varieties of grain
grown
in the
unhealthy, the prevailing disease being dysentery.
The
Deccan.
only water communication
of Vijayadriig to the village of Pomburle.
A
is
from the port
cart-road runs from Bavra
by a bridle-path down the Ghats, and so on to There are 6 schools with 240 pupils. The chief is a Hindu of the Bhadanekar family of Brahmans, and his title, Panth Amatya of Bavra. The late chief died on the 9th May 1867, and as he left no heirs, Madhav Rao Moreshwar, the present chief, was adopted on the 2nd April 1868 after attaining his majority, he was invested He is with the management of his estate on the 12th March 1881. assisted in the administration by a Karbari nominated by the Kolhapur Darbar. A yearly tribute of ^342 is paid to the Kolhapur State. Succession follows the rule of primogeniture, and there is no sanai authorizing adoption. The adoption of the present chief on the 2nd April 1868, was recognised by the paramount power as a special case. Bavra. Chief town in the Subordinate State of Bavra in Kolhapur to Kolhapur, continued
Vijayadriig.
—
State,
Bombay
Presidency
26 miles south-west of Kolhapur.
16° 32' 37" N., long. 73° 51' 27"
Lat.
E.
—
Baw {Bhaui). River in Pegu District, Pegu Division, British Burma, forming the boundary between Pu-gan-daung and Thanlyin circles.
After
it
leaves the network of channels occupying the central
portion of Thanlyin township,
it flows westward through a fertile riceproducing country, and eventually joins the Pegu river a mile above Syriam. At high tide, the river is navigable throughout its whole
length.
Bawal.
— Town
in
Bawal
tahsil,
Nabha
State, Punjab.
Population
(1881) 4781, namely, Hindus, 3180; Sikhs, 63; Muhammadans, 1529; and ‘others,’ 9; number of occupied houses, 527.
—
Bawan. Fargand in W^rdoi tahsU, Hardoi District, Oudh bounded on the north by North Sara, on the east by South Sara and Gopamau, on the south by Sandi and Bangar, and on the west by Barwan and A stronghold of the Thatheras, the ruins of whose Saromannagar.
fortress cover several acres of jungle. is
said to have occurred
deputed two Gaur chiefs
in
this
to
way
collect
The
expulsion of the Thatheras
—Raja the
Jai
Chand
of Kanauj
annual tribute from
the
