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∗ Masumpur, Mussimpour, 4 m. e. of Fatua and close to Baikunthpur, in Rennell's B. Atlas, Sh. 3. Sherpur, 4 m. s. e. of Bakhtiarpur railway station, and south of the Mahani river which runs here south of and parallel to the Ganges. Another Sherpur, 5 m. west of Dinapur is not the place. The Emperor's route to Bengal is thus given by Ghulam Ali (i. 144-151):—Bihar city, 28 Feb.—Shaikhpura (18 m. e. of Bihar), 1 and 2 March—Salimpur (? Islamnagar, 20 m. n. w. of Gidhour), 3-5 March—Ghātikoh (? Cowah ghat, 18 m. due west of Gidhour), 10 Mar. Jakai(= Chaki or Fort Hastings, 25 m. s. of Gidhour), 11 Mar.—Asarda (? Operbanda, 30 m. s. of Deoghar) 19 Mar.—Jamgaon (20 m. n. e. of Pachet and s. of the Ajay), 20 Mar.—Balia (5 m. n. e. of Garh Bishnupur and s. of the Dalkishor river), 29 Mar.—Bishnupur—Damodar crossed, 5 April—Belkhas (6 m. w. of Burdwan, Rennell Sh, 7), 7 Apr. Return :—Jamgaon, 14 Apr. Deoghar—Rani Sarai (near Patna), 30 April. Broome gives his outward route thus :—Bihar—junction of the Ganges and the Mahani (i. e., near Shaikh-pura)—Malhipur (10 m. n. of Gidhour)—Deoghar—Operbanda—Lakar konda—Okera—Mankar—Belkhas, 6 Apr. The pursuing army of Caillaud and Miran followed this very route, but after Okera turned eastwards to Mangalkot, to join the Nawab.