—
—
—
BAXAJ^—BEAS. distributaries, capable of irrigating
221
With
348,500 acres.
its
branches
commands the country between the Kao and the Dunauti, which much in need of irrigation. Baxar.-— Village in Unao District, Oudh. See Baksar. Baynes’ Hill. See Nundydrug.
it
— Considerable grain depot and mart Khulna — BU or marsh the S^tkhira Sub-division of Bayra Bayra.
in
rice
is
District,
Bengal.
in
Bil.
Khulna
covering an area of 40 square miles. Lat. 22° 30' to long. 89° 3' to 89° 8' 30" E. situated east of the Jamuna
District, Bengal,
22° 40' 45" N., river,
The
Buran pargatid.
in
unhealthiness of this
The
greater part of the bxl
—Village
Bazargaon.
large marshes.
covered with reed jungle.
is
in
fiscal division is
and other
attributed to the malaria generated by this
Nagpur
25 miles west of Nagpur.
Lat.
District, Central
Provinces
21° 8' 30" N., long.
about
78° 48' 45"
e.
Situated in a picturesque Population (1881) 1389, mainly traders. country, on the Bisnur route to Berar and Bombay, the village attained great prosperity; but since the opening of the railway, the traffic
the road has
become of
and school-house have
less
lately
A
importance.
been
To
built.
constructed about thirty years ago
reservoir,
by
substantial police station is a fine masonry and on the south a fort,
the west
much dilapidated, built about seventy years since by Dvarkoji Naik, a commander of 5000 mercenaries, and commissary-general under Raja Janoji of Nagpur.
Bazitpur.
—Town Maimansingh — One of the Five Rivers
See Bajitpur.
District, Bengal.
in
Beas {Bids).
‘
Lat. 31°
of the Greeks (Sanskrit,
1
of the Punjab, the Hyphasis 1' to 32° 22'3o" n., long. 75°4'
’
Rises in the snowy mountains of Kullu 13,326 feet above the sea, traverses the State of Mandi, and enters Kangra District to 77° 16' 45" E.
at
Sanghol on
During the early part of
eastern frontier.
its
its
course
Forms the main channel for the averages 125 feet to the mile. drainage of Kangra, and flows here in a meandering westerly course the
fall
through
hilly country,
with a
fall
the
into
1000
plains,
feet.
of
feet to the mile.
7
Elevation at
MinhdX ghdi, where it debouches Near Reh in Kangra District the river
Sanghol, 1920 feet above sea level
at
divides into three channels, which reunite shortly after passing Mi'rthal.
During
many
its
lower
hill
of which the
course the Beas
is
crossed by numerous
means of communication
ferries, at
consist of inflated skins
On
meeting the Siwalik Hills in the District of Hoshiarpur, sweeps sharply northward, to form the boundary between After bending round the base of the that District and Kangra. {dardis).
the
river
Siwaliks,
it
takes
a southerly direction, and divides the Districts of
Hoshiarpur and Gurdaspur. the uplands of the Punjab
I
In this plain,
a
portion of strip
its
course
of low alluvial
through
soil fringes
