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List and Short Description of Places

(mentioned in this, and not described in the preceding volume)

Abu, Mount, a sanitarium in the Sirohi principality of Rajputana. The highest peak is 5,700 feet above the sea. It is forty miles from Disa.

Ajmir, the division of, is separated from the bulk of the north-western provinces by Jaipur, Tonk, and other allied states. Its area is 2,672 square miles, and its population, in 1857, was 415,000 souls. The south-western part of it is called Mairwara. The chief town, also called Ajmir, lies at the foot of a fortified hill, on which is the mausoleum of the first Muhammadan saint of India, Muinuddin Chishti, of Sijistan, to whose tomb Akbar and his successors frequently made pilgrimages.

Aligarh, a district containing 1,860 square miles. The chief town, also called Aligarh, is defended by a fort, which was stormed by Lord Lake in 1803. It is on the high road between Kanhpur and Mirath.

Alwar, a native state in Rajputana, north of Jaipur, and west of Mathura. Area, 3,573 square miles; population, 700,000. The chief town, Alwar, has a fort.

Aurungabad, a city in the dominions of the Nizam, on the Dudhna; is famous for its manufacture of silks, brocades, and tissues, and for its gardens. It lies 250 miles north-east of Bombay.

Arah, chief town of the district of &MAW, in the division of Patna.

Budaun, a district in the Rohilkhand division. The chief town is also called Budaun.

Bharatpur, the district of, in Rajputana, is bounded to the west by Alwar; to the south by Jaipur, Karauli, Dholpur, and Agra district; to the east by Mathura and Agra; and to the north by the Panjab. The inhabitants are principally Jats. The chief town, also called Bharatpur, is famous for the sieges it sustained against Lord Lake and Lord Combermere.

Bhopal, a native state in Malwa, ruled over by a Muhammadan lady. The Narbada forms its southern boundary. The chief town, near the Bawd, is also called Bhopal.

Chambal, the river, rises near Mau, flows by the towns of Kota and Dholpur, and falls into the Jamnah forty miles below Itawah.

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Dholpur, a native state in Rajputana. The capital, of the same name, possesses several fine mosques and mausoleums, built by Sadik Khan, an officer of Akbar. The state is bounded on the north and north-east by the Agra district; on the south-east by the Chambal; and on the west, by the Karauli and Bharatpur states.

Fathpur-Sikri, south-west of Agra; the residence of the Emperor Akbar, who gave it its prefix to commemorate his conquest of Gujrat, the original name having been Sikri.

Gaya, chief town of the district of the same name in the division of Patna; famous for its places of pilgrimage and its Buddhistic remains.

Ghaghra, the, a river in Oudh, which, rising in Nipal, runs through the districts of Kheri, Bahraich, Gondah, Barah Banki, and Faizabad, and falls into the Ganges at Chapra.

Gorakhpur, a town in the division of the same name, on the Rapti. The division is bounded on the north by Nipal; on the east by the Ghandak; on the south by the Ghaghra; and on the west by Oudh.

Gumti, the, a river in the Shahjahanpur district; runs a course of 500 miles through the Oudh districts of Kheri, Lakhnao, and Sultanpur, and falls into the Ganges not far from Banaras.

Gwaliar, chief town of Sindhia’s dominions, on the Subanrekha, between Dholpur and Jhansi. The fortress is one of the most famous in India.

Hamirpur, chief town of a district in the Allahabad division, at the confluence of the Jamnah and Betwa.

Indur, capital of the possessions of Maharajah Holkar, situate on a plain on the left bank of the Khan river. It is distant, from Agra, 402 miles; from Dehli, 494; from Nimach, 142; from Sagar, 224; from Allahabad, 557; from Calcutta, 1,030; from Bombay, 377.

Itawah, chief town of a district of the same name in the Agra division, on the river Jamnah.

Jalpaiguri, on the Tista, chief town of district of the same name in Koch Bihar.

Jamnah, the, rises at the south-western base of the Jamnotri peaks, in Gahrwal, at an elevation of 10,849 feet, traverses the districts of Dehra Dun, Saharanpur, Muzaffarnagar, Ambala, Karnal, Gurgaon, Mirath, Balandshahr, Aligarh, Mathura, Agra, Itawah, Kanhpur, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Fathpur, Bandah, and Allahabad. After a course of 860 miles it mingles with the Ganges at the last-named place.

Jhansi, chief town of the division of the same name in Bundelkhand, south of Agra.

Jodhpur (also called Marwar), a native state in Rajputana. The capital is also called Jodhpur.

Kota, capital of a native state of the same name in Rajputana. It lies on the Chambal, and is strongly fortified.

Lalatpur, chief town of a district of the same name in the Jhansi division.

Mathura, a town in the Agra division, renowned in Hindu mythological history. It is on the Jamnah, thirty miles from Agra.

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Mau (incorrectly written Mhow, in spite of the fact that the original name is innocent of the letter “h”), a town and cantonment in the Indur state (Holkar’s); thirteen miles south-west of the town of Indur.

Mewar: vide Udaipur.

Mirzapur, a town on the Ganges, fifty-six miles from Allahabad.

Muradabad, chief town of the district of the same name in Rohilkhand, on the right bank of the Ramganga river.

Motihari, capital of the Champaran district, Patna division; is also called Champaran. The largest town in the district is Bhetia.

Muzaffargarh, chief town of the district of the same name in the Multan division, Panjab. The district is bounded on the north by the Dera Ismail Khan and Jhang districts; on the west by the Indus; on the east and south-east by the Chanab. It forms the inmost triangle of the Sind Sager Bulb, and is watered by the Chanab and the Indus.

Muzaffarnagarh, chief town of the district so named in the Mirath division, on the road from Mirath to Landaur.

Muzaffarpur, chief town of the Tirhut district of the Patna division. It is bounded to the north by Nipal. The town lies on the right bank of the Little Ghandak river.

Nagpur, chief town of the district and division in the central provinces of the same name; formerly the capital of the dominions of the Bhonsla. The town is on the river Nag: hence its name. The civil station is Sitabaldi, famous in the military history of British India.

Narbada, the, rises in the Bilaspur district, central provinces, and runs a course nearly due east to the Gulf of Cambay, thirty miles beyond Bharoch. From Talakwara to the sea, a distance of eighty-five miles, it is navigable for boats of considerable burthen. At Bharoch it is two miles wide, even when the tide is out. It is considered to be the boundary between the Dakhan and Hindustan, and, as a sacred stream, ranks second only to the Ganges.

Nasirabad, a cantonment in the Ajmir-Mairwara district of Rajputana.

Nimach, a cantonment in the Gwaliar state, situated near the frontier of the native state of Udaipur. It lies 155 miles north-west of Mau, 371 southwest of Dehli, 312 south-west of Agra, 306 west of Sager, and 1,114 west of Calcutta.

Nipal, an independent state in the mountain range north of Bihar and Oudh. It is 500 miles long from east to west, and about 160 miles broad. It abounds in long, narrow, fertile valleys, 4,000 feet above the level of the sea, well watered and cultivated. The inhabitants are the Newlin, a Mongolian tribe, and their conquerors, the Gurkhas.

Rajputana, a portion of Western India, comprising eighteen principalities, with an area of 120,000 square miles, and nine millions of inhabitants. It is under the protection of the British.

Rajshahi, a division in Bengal, comprising the districts of Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Malda, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Bagura, and Pabna.

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Sagar, chief town of district of same name in the Central Provinces. It lies ninety miles north-west of Jabalpur, 185 north of Nagpur, and 223 south-west of Allahabad. A large fort, built by the Marathas, commands the town.

Saharanpur, chief town of district of same name in Mirath division. It is on the Jamnah canal, and forms the head-quarters of its superintendent.

Shahabad, district in the Patna division, having Arah as its chief town.

Shahjahanpur, chief town of district of same name in Rohilkhand.

Sitapur, capital of district of same name in Oudh; lies on the banks of the Sarazan river, midway between Lakhnao and Shahjahanpur.

Sultanpur, chief town of district of same name in the Rai-Bareli division, Oudh; lies on the right bank of the Gumti, fifty-nine miles north of Allahabad, and ninety-two south-east of Lakhnao.

Udaipur or Mewar, chief town of the native state of the premier ruler, here called Rana, of Rajputana. It lies seventy miles to the west of Nimach.

Unao, chief village of district of same name in Oudh; it lies nine miles north-east of Kanhpur, and forty-three miles south-west of Lakhnao.

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