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The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s3.57

The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c6.s3.57

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c6.s3.57

it Nai—The districts of Ghazipur, Jaunpur and Balia in the United Provinces appertain to the ancient Dharmâraṇya (see Baliâ). It is a Mahomedan town. It contains the tomb of Lord Cornwallis and the ruins of a handsome palace of Nawab Kasim Ali in the banquetting-hall of which was a deep trench which was used to be filled with rose water when the Nawab and his friends were feasting there. (Chunder’s Travels of a Hindu).