SHAHABAD  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• PATNA

Patna See also:

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

division of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, with an See also:

• AREA

area of 4373 sq. m . About three-fourths of the area to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north is an alluvial See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, planted with mangoes, bamboos and other trees; while the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern portion is occupied by the Kaimur hills, a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• GREAT

great Vindhyan range, and is a densely wooded See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

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

rivers are the See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges and the See also:

• SONE

Sone, which unite in the north-eastern corner of Shahabad . In the southern portion large See also:

• GAME

game abounds . The See also:

• ANNUAL

annual rainfall averages 43 in . In Igor the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 1,962,696, showing a decrease of 4.7% in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . The chief crops are 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, millets, See also:

• WHEAT
• WHEAT (Triticum)

wheat, pulses, oilseeds, See also:

• POPPY

poppy and sugarcane . Shahabad is protected against drought by a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of canals from the Sone, some of which are navigable . The district is traversed by the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIAN

Indian railway near the Ganges, and by a branch from See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul Serai to Gaya, which crosses the Sone at Dehri-on-Sone, where are the workshops of the See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . The administrative headquarters are at Arrah . Among other historic sites, it includes the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill-fort of Rohtas, the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of Shere Shah at Sasseram and the battlefield of See also:

• BUXAR, or BAXAR

Buxar . See Shahabad District Gazetteer (See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta, 1906) .