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what are now pargatids Bawan and Sara. This they did, money and represented that the Thatheras were rebellious and refused to pay ; whereupon the king despatched a strong force against them from Kanauj, put them to the sword, and settled the Gaurs on their lands. For the most part the tract is level, but in the west the ground breaks into slight undulations ; it is not watered by any river, but there are numerous jhils, tanks, and wells, by which of the cultivated area is irrigated. Area, 63 square miles, of which 45 are cultivated. Staple products barley, wheat, bdjra, moth, Thatheras
in
but they retained the
—
arhar, millet, sugar-cane, and maskaldi.
demand, ^4525
average incidence,
3s.
Government land revenue i^d. per cultivated acre, or
Of the 57 villages composing the pargand, 13 are held in zannnddri and 44 in pattiddri tenure. Chamar Gaurs hold 35 villages ; Raghubansis, 5 ; Sombansis, 4 ; Muhammadans, 4 Kayasths, 2 and Brahmans, Raikwars, Chandelas, Bais, and 2s.
per acre of total area.
o|d.
Chauhans,
i
Population (1881) 28,957, namely, 15,607 males
each.
and 13,350 females.
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Bawan. Town in Hardoi District, Oudh; situated 6 miles west of Hardoi town. Population (1881) 3580; houses, 572. Town school, with an average of 95 pupils. Market bi-weekly. Bawan Buzurg. Town in Rai Bareli District, Oudh on the road from Bareli to Digbijaiganj, 8 miles from Rai Bareli town. Founded by the Bhars, and conquered from them by Fakir Khan, an Afghan follower of Ibrahim Sharki, whose descendants still own it. Population (1881)4307. Formerly noted for its manufacture of shields. Govern-
—
ment
school.
— Village Bawisi. — Tributary Bawigiri.
in
the Garo Hills District, Assam.
Lat.
25°
29' N., long. 90° 37' E.
Bombay
Presidency.
State
in
Revenue,
Mahi Kantha, Gujarat
^4453;
^3301, payable to Baroda. Baxa. Sub-division of Jalpaiguri
(Guzerat),
population (1881) 38,601;
tribute,
—
District,
Bengal; extending from and bordering on
the Jaldhaka river on the west to the Sankos river,
the Eastern Dwars.
Baxa.
Head-quarters at Alipur.
— Military cantonment
in Jalpaiguri District,
on a small gravel plateau, in a valley Hills.
Lat.
26°
50' N., long.
Bengal; situated
in the lower range of the
89° 36'
e.
It is
Bhutan
32 miles from
Kuch
Behar town, a good road cormecting the two places about 2 miles from Sontraban', at the base of the mountains, and 6 miles from the Bhutan frontier. The cantonment consists of a rough fort, to which three pickets are attached, situated on spurs at a higher elevation. The plateau is 1800 feet above sea level. Baxa was established during the Bhutan war of 1864-65, and, on the annexation of the Dwars, a native infantry regiment was stationed here. Baxa is now occupied by
