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PIT-PUR 167 of broken tiles and bricks, and are apparently the sites of old towns or strongholds, built before the memory of man. The villages can tell nothing of their origin. At Unasia (see pargana Khairabad), at Manwán vide towu history), at Rámkot, at Hargám, &c., the díh 'is connected with the name of some mythical or historical character. They are met with all over the province of Oudh, and they bear evidence that the people who erected them had advanced to a higher degree of civilization than the present inhabitants of the country. It is strange that up to the present time nothing in the way of inscriptions has been discovered in any of these díhs. They were probably, as stated above, strongholds ; they were certainly not tombs, so that perhaps they should not have been called above pameless barrows. PITÄRI-Pargana SIKAŅDARPUR-Tahsil UNAO--District UNAO.-A village about four miles north-west of the sadr station. No river flows near it, or road passes through it. It is an old village dating from the time of Raja Unwant Singh, the reputed founder of Unao. Kunwar Singh, the grandfather of Gajráj Singh, the present lambardar, was a man of local celebrity. The people are mostly Hindus. The average annual sales at bazar amount to Rs. 3,000. The population is 3,589, as follows: Q 18 Brahmang Chhattri Musalmang Раві A hír Others 228 383 179 139 .. . 300 2,365 Total ad 3,589 PUKHRA_-Pargana HAIDARGARH-Tohsil HAIDARGARH— District BARA BANKI.--This village is situated on the Rae Bareli and Haidargarh road, five miles east of the Gumti. The country around is fairly wooded and fertile. The population is 3,383, of whom 1,005 are Brahmans. There is a very fine temple in honour of Mahadeo, and a tank, with masonry bathing gháts, erected by Beni Dube, late Suba in a native state, at a cost of Rs. 89,000. This temple is much larger than the ordinary ones. There is also a Thikurdwára, but nothing else of note in the town. This place is the headquarters of the estate of Pukhra Ansari of the chief Amethia Chhattris, one of which clan Raja Sahajrám Bakhsh was a notorious insurgent in the nawabi. PURWA Pargana-Tahsil PURWA--District UNAO.—This pargana is bounded on the north by Gorinda Parsandan, on the east by Mauránwán, on the south by Panhan, Pátan, and Magráyar, and on the west by Harha. Its area is 111 square miles or 71,032 acres, comprising 123 villages. It is twelve miles long by ten broad. The soil is chiefly loam and clay, and the principal crops are wheat, bájra, and sugarcane. The Lon river winds its way through a portion of the lands of this pargana during the rainy and cold seasons, but dries up in the hot weather. Water is found at from 52 in the south to 15 feet in the east. There are six bazárs,