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The Imperial Gazetteer of India Balasor to Biramganta

1885

It is bounded on the north by Midnapur District and the Tributary State of Morbhanj ; on the east by the Bay of Bengal; on the south by Cuttack District the Baitarani river forming the boundary line; and on the west by the Tributary States of Keunjhar Nilgiri and Morbhanj. [...] The Panchpard is formed by the junction of an intricate network of small streams of which the most noteworthy are the Jamird the Bans and the Bhairingi winch unite bifurcate and reunite till they fall into the sea in one channel. [...] In the early part of the last century the settlement was already in a state of ruin and decay on account of the silting up of the river mouth. [...] The Country.—Many well - peopled villages are included in the government of Balkh which is bounded by the Oxus on the north and on the south by the chain of mountains running east and west 15 miles from the town ; in the other direction it extends from Bajar to Akchah. [...] Besides the Ganges and Gogra the only river in the District is the Lesser Sarju an affluent of the Gogra which branches off in Azamgarh District and joins the Ganges a little way above the town of Ballia.
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Pages
466
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
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