See also:

• PABNA, or PUBNA

PABNA, or PUBNA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• RAJSHAHI

Rajshahi See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of Eastern See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal and See also:

• ASSAM

Assam . The town is situated on the See also:

• RIVER

river Ichhamati, near the old See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed of the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges . Pop . (lgor), 18,424 . The district of See also:

• PABNA, or PUBNA

Pabna has an See also:

• AREA

area of 1839 sq. m . Pop (19o1), 1,420,461, showing an increase of 4.8% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . It is bordered along its entire See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face by the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main stream of the See also:

• BRAHMAPUTRA

Brahmaputra or Jamuna, and along its See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-westface by the Ganges or Padma . It is entirely of alluvial origin, the silt of the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual inundations overlying strata of See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay on See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand . Apart from the two See also:

• GREAT

great bordering See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, it is intersected by countless See also:

• WATER

water-channels of varying magnitude, so that during the See also:

• RAINY, ROBERT (1826-1906)

rainy See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season every See also:

• VILLAGE

village is accessible by See also:

• BOAT (0. Eng. bdt; the true etymological connexion with Dutch and Ger. boot, Fr. bateau, Ital. battello presents great difficulties; Celtic forms are from O. Eng.)

boat and by boat only . Almost the whole area is one See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice-See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, ,the See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform level being broken only by clumps of bamboos and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit-trees, which conceal the village sites . The district is a See also:

• MODERN

modern creation of British See also:

• RULE

rule, being first formed out of Rajshahi district in 1832, and possesses no See also:

• HISTORY

history of its own . The two See also:

• STAPLE

staple crops are rice and jute .

See also:

• SIRAJGANJ

Sirajganj, on the Brahmaputra, is the largest mart for jute in Bengal . The Eastern Bengal railway cuts across the south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west corner of the district to Sara, where a See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge crosses the Ganges . The district was affected by the See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake of the 12th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1897, which was most severely See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt at Sirajganj .