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mountains, and the remarkable character of the incline, make the passage of the Bhor Ghat one of the most remarkable stages in Indian travel. In consequence of the reversing station, one portion of the incline
is
much above
nearly parallel to and
the other, both being, as
were, terraced 1400 feet directly over the Konkan. In some parts, the line is one half on rock benching, while the other half consists of a very lofty embankment, sometimes retained by a wall of masonry. In
it
other places, on
account of the enormous height, embankment is and while half the width of the railway is on a rock benching, the other half rests on vaulted arches. The viaduct that crosses the Mhau-ki-khind is 163 feet above the footing, and consists impossible,
of eight semicircular arches of 50 feet span.’ Trading village and produce depot in Rangpur District, BhotnicLri. engal. Lat. 26° i' n., long. 89“ 13' e. Chief trade jute, tobacco,
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and
ginger.
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Bhuban. Range of hills in the southern portion of Cachar District, Assam, forming the watershed between the Barak and Sonii rivers. They run north and south at a short distance from the eastern boundary of the District. Their height varies from 700 feet to 3000 feet, and
An
their slopes are very precipitous.
the top of the
god
Bhuban
hills,
annual pilgrimage takes place to
reputed to be one of the residences of the
Siva.
Bhiij
,
Chief town of the State of Cutch (Kachchh), in
connection with the
Bombay Presidency
Lat. 23° 15' n., long. 69° 48' 30" e.
fortified hill.
political
situated at the base of a
Population (1881)
Hindus numbered 12,506; Muhammadans, 8325; Jains, 1162; Christians, 61; Parsi's, 34; and ‘others,’ 220. Bhuj is a municipal town, and has a post-office, a central jail, a high school, a school of art, a library, and a dispensary. Municipal income (1880-81) ;i^963 The expenditure, ;^ioi7. dispensary in the same year treated 11,367 patients, of whom 333 22,308, including 1647 in cantonments.
were in-door.
The
monuments, and
as
place
is
chiefly interesting for
the snake divinity Bhujanga or Bhujiya. the town
are of earlier date than the
The mosque
inside
its
archaeological
having been at an early period dedicated to
the
city
gate
is
None
of the buildings in
middle of the i6th century. remarkable for the thickness
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one another an arrangement by which only a few of the worshippers can ever be within sight of the The town contains the mausoleums of the Rios of Cutch and rest. in its neighbourhood are a number of shrines and Muhammadan of
its
piers,
and
their closeness to
dargahs, of no special importance.
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See Ch. g Native State of Chutii Nagpur, Bengal. Bhukar. Bhukar. Town in Jansath tahstl, Muzaffarnagar District, Bhukarheri.
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