Report of a Tour through the Bengal Provinces/Dalmi and Barâ Bâzâr

2083969Report of a Tour through the Bengal Provinces — Dalmi and Barâ BâzârJoseph David Freedone Melik Beglar

DALMI.

Opposite Suissá, on the other side of the river, is Dulmi or Dalmi, said to possess a few fragments of sculpture; and further west, on the Kânchi river, close to Sonahátú, the villages of Jamdi, Burhadi, and Badla are also known as containing ancient remains. Ruins are also said to exist at and near the foot of Chanchalu hill.

BARÂ BÂZÂR.

Barâ Bâzâr or Barâbhum is said to possess one small old temple. I conjecture the name to be a contraction for Varahabhume, but I have nothing to offer for or against my conjecture, beyond the evident similarity of sound.

Six miles south-east of this place is the small village of Bangurda, said to contain ancient remains.