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was given on lease, and a new agricultural village is now springing up on the site of the old town, and the dense jungle is nearly cleared away. According to the recent Census of i88i, the number of inhabited houses was returned at 51, and the population (which is it
increasing) at 269.
Bhambore the
—
Ruined city near the town of Gharo, in {Bamburd). idluk, Karachi (Kurrachee) District, Sind, Bombay
Nurpur Sakro
Presidency. Lat. 24“ 40' N., long. 67° 41' e. It was once fortified, and was known as the Kafir or Infidel city, with temples of sanctity, but was stormed by the Muhammadans in their first invasion in 711 a.d. Tradition preserves its old name as Debal, Dewal or Dawal, the temple ; but it is believed that before the Musalman invasion it was known under the name of the Mahara or Mansawar. The ruins, as also the numerous coins found on the site, attest its former population and importance.
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Bhamgarh. Town in Nimar District, Central Provinces 8 miles Khandwa town. Population (1881) 2257, chiefly cultivators:
east of
Hindus, 1991 Muhammadans, 265 vernacular school.
Jain,
Weekly market and
i.
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Bhamraguri. Forest reserve in Darrang District, Assam. See Bhomoraguri. Bhan. Village in the Sehwdn taluk, Karachi (Kurrachee) District, Sind, Bombay Presidency. Distant 12 miles north-west of Sehwan town.
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Lat. 26° 33' N., long. 67° 56' 30" E.
agricultural
1
population (1881) 1084, chiefly
— 833 Muhammadans, 25 Hindus. and Government school. railway Bhandak. — The eastern pargand of the
post-office,
station,
area, about
384 square
Bhandak.
—Town
north-west of
Chanda
miles, mainly hill
in
Warora
tahsil,
Chanda
Lat. (centre) 26° 10' n., long. 79° 10' e.
District, Central Provinces.
Chanda
town.
and
District, Central
Lat.
26°
6'
forest.
30"
Provinces; 18 miles long.
n.,
79°
9'
15" e.
Population (1881) 2575, namel)’, Hindus, 2248; Muhammadans, 136; Jains, 16; aboriginal tribes, 175. Contains about 470 houses, scattered over a large extent of ground ; and surrounded, except on the west,
by ancient groves and jungle. Tradition runs that here stood the great of Bhadravati, mentioned in the Mahdbhdrata, extending from
city
Bhatala to the Jharpat, the scene of the battle for the Samkarna horse.
the
The
The demi-god Bhima, whose
Dewala
Hill,
footprint
is
still
pointed out on
bore away the horse for sacrifice by Dharma, the king.
temple-caves at
Bhandak and
the traces of forts on those
hills,
in the
Dewala and Winjhasam'
tions of the king’s palace, the bridge over a
numerous ruined temples and great city in the remote past.
Hills,
the temple of Bhadravati, the founda-
now
dried-up lake, and
tanks, testify to the existence here of a
The town
carries
on but
little
trade.
