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G. N. Dutt— Notes on the Vernacular dialects of Saran. [No. 3, 
Notes on the Vernacular dialects spoken in the District of Saran. — By 
Girindranath Ddtt, Superintendent , Baj Hatwa. [Communicated 
hy G. A. Grierson, Ph.D., C.I.E., I.C.S.] 
[ Read July, 1897. ] 
The political boundaries of the District Saran are:— 
North. —The sub-division of Betia in the District Camparan and 
pargana Sidhwa Jobnaha in Parauna Tahsil of District Gorakhpur. 
South. —Pargana Sikandarpur and pargana Kharid of Balia which 
is now a separate District having been detached from Ghazipur and 
Azamgarh; parganas Ara and Barahgao of District Shahabad and 
Dinapur and Bankipur side of District Patna. 
East. —The sub-division of Motihari in District Camparan; the 
sub-divisions of Muzaffarpur and Hajipur in District Tirhut. 
West. —Pargana Salempur Majhauli in Deoriya-Tahsil in District 
Gorakhpur. 
Its natural boundaries are the following :— 
East, the river Gandak ; South, rivers Gogra and Ganges ; North, 
rivers Chota-Gandaki and Khanwa ; West, Chota-Ga^dakl. 
Both the natural and the political boundaries of the District have 
influence on the various dialects spoken in it, and these dialects though 
diliering a good deal from one another are not such as to be unintelli¬ 
gible to their respective speakers. 
The following is a list of the Parganas of the District:— 
1 . 
Parganas. 
Andar 
Square miles. 
... 116-46 
2. 
Bal 
... 389*37 
3. 
Bara 
... 208-56 
4. 
Bari 
... 164-86 
5. 
Caubar 
... 13023 
6. 
Dangsi 
... 92-20 
7. 
Goa 
... 377-62 
8. 
Kuari 
... 421-82 
9. 
Majhi 
... 48-30 
10. 
Maker 
... 11837 
