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There is of course no bridge over tte Chauka; the average breadth of the stream with the sandy beach on each side is about a mile or a mile and a half There are five principal ghats 1, Marauncha 2, Patwara 3, Murgaha; 4, that one opposite Lalbojhi which is known by the name of Sirsi and 5, Pachperi. The roads approaching these ghats pass over plains of drifting sands skirting the river, and the passage is only accomplishBd by bullock-carts with great difficulty and occupies an entire day. It is noticeable that all these ghats are named from villages on the north side of the Chauka, showing that here the usual course of trade and traffic has been from the north to the south, and therefore the necessity of discovering fords has been forced upon persons coming from the north to the south. I know of no ghat which is named from a village on the southern side of the river.
There are no buildings in the pargana that call for notice there is a and a school at Aliganj. The masonry mosques and tombs in a few villages have been already mentioned, as well as the ruins of forts at Ahganj, Kamp, and Jagdispur.
police thana at Bhira
It will be conveI now come to the distribution of proprietary rights. nient here to make a distinction between the cis-Ghauka portion of old Bhur included with present pargana and old Aliganj.
The
areas of the
two divisions are as follows
