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Statistics of Anupsheher < 
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The town is on the very hanks of the river, and part of it has been carried away 
at times in the rainy season ; it is surrounded by deep and irregular ravines, par- 
ticularly on the south, where the manufactory now unoccupied stands, below which 
are the ruins of a fort, the former residence of the late Raja Tara Sing and his 
ancestors, and which was built by Anee Rao 291 years ago, in Akber's time. He 
was mansebdar to this prince, and a man of great consequence. About 40 years 
ago, the family quarrelled among themselves, and the Rani , rather than submit to 
some degradation, blew up the fort, and perished in the ruins, along with several of 
her attendants. Five years afterwards, the destruction of the place was completed 
by Asaf Daulah’s army, when the family seems to have fallen from their former 
prospei*ity. Treasure was concealed in the place, but, it is said, has been abstracted. 
At this time, persons employ themselves in the night in digging, it is supposed 
with little success; but from the attempts having been so long continued, some- 
thing must he occasionally found; the Rajaship appears to have consisted of 1 26 
villages, and what was* left to the family, on the occupation of the country by the 
British Government, has been sold to pay off debts, On the most disadvantageous 
terms, and the Rani is now living in the town in a comparative state of penury ; 
Jdd Rai Brahman , has a large manuscript volume, containing the whole history of 
this family, and, like the minstrels of old, gains a subsistence by writing the tale. 
On the west of the town, near where troops usually encamp, there is the tomb 
of an officer, who was killed 32 years ago, at the fort of Khalifa ; 5 coss hence, 
two of the garrison of Khailia were hanged on a couple of trees, mango and tama- 
rind, near the grave. From the statement of the natives, the officer was killed in a 
treacherous manner. There are other tombs to the south-west of the town, and 
also another Christian burying-place to the north, in the lands of Jdferabad, where 
there was formerly the cantonment of troops, and the only mark now left of its ex- 
istence. There is a villa held three days before the last day of Kartik at the Ganges ; 
there is no particular clay for the market, which is always well attended. There are 
three schools attended by 32 boys, and they appear to have 31 rupees per month. 
Many people may recollect when the islands in the river, and jungle on the banks, 
afforded cover to numerous tigevs : there is nothing of the kind now. The sportsman, 
however, if he be industrious, may find a few wild hogs, deer, black partridge, and 
occasionally a florikin. Wild cows, of a beautiful white color, are found on one of , 
the islands ; but no person I suppose would shoot them, who had any respect for the 
feelings of the natives. A respectable Musulman informed me hie caught two young 
ones with a great deal of trouble ; they were perfectly wild and quite untameable; ’■ 
and one killed a servant, by literally kicking his brains out. At the urgent request 
of the Hindus he let them go again. 
The Dual) above Aliger,h is divided into villages or estates, averaging about 
800 acres each, paying a yearly rent to Government of 1 R. 9 a. 1 p. per 
acre of land under tillage- Of the whole superficial contents, there appears to he 
iVo 7 o the lands under cultivation ; , 3 5 4 o 9 5 under the denomination of fit for culti- 
vation ; aud as barren. The population appears to be 208 to the square mile, 
there being one Mhsulman to T 3 5 Hindfis. The hire of a labourer, when employed 
near his own home, is 1J annas per day, or 2£ pence, taking the value of a rupee at 
two shillings. 
The soil may he divided into two kinds — bdngar and khadir. 1st. hangar , 
or lands not liable to be covered with water at any time, which may be divided into 
two sorts ; first, that where the subsoil will permit of wells being easily dug : it con- 
sists of a fine mould, in some places 10 or 15 feet deep, and calculated for any crop; 
and second, that which cannot afford wells, having the subsoil of sand : the latter 
soil is known by the name of khaki or bhiir, the former chaki, and of course are 
sub-divided into different others, as superior, inferior, and middling* almost all 
bearing different names in different perg aimaks. 
2nd. khddir, or lands in the vicinity of rivers, or otherwise low and occasion- 
ally covered with water in the rains, and which also may be divided into two sorts; 
first, a light sandy soil, improved by alluvial deposit, calculated for the production 
of wheat and barley, without irrigation -. these lands lying low, the crops are liable 
to injury from occasional floods, and can only be cropped once in the season, and 
that only during the rabi, or spring.--Second, the higher khadir lands, consisting 
° a ncl ' loamy soil, calculated for chari, sugar cane, and, where stiff clays predomi- 
nate, gram : these lands are (except in cases of sugar cane,) often cropped three times, 
ana always twice a year. w r 
