BENAR

—(1) Part of lieutenant-' governorship of Behar and Ori a, Bengal, India; ‘Garden of India’ in N.; cereals, indigo; subject to famine; at Monghyr is one of largest cigarette factories in world. Area, 42,361 sq. m.; pop. 23,753,000. (2) Chief tn. of above (25° 11’ N., 85° 31’ E.), silk, cotton; muslin goods, Buddhist, Brahmani cal, and Mohammedan ruins. Pop. 35,200. (1) city, United Provinces, India, on Ganges; labyrinth of narrow streets; many temples, mosques, shrines, eee: notable buildings are Mosque of Aurungzeb and Golden Temple and old Observatory. From remotest ages B. has beer i al Hindu Holy City, and center of Brahmin i cal learning; annually visited by innumerable pilgrims who come to bathe in sacred river; commercial center; silver and bra work. Pop. 205,000. Pop. of district, 882,084; of division, 5,069,020. (2) native state; er. 1911; area, 887 sq. miles. Pop. 362,000. island and strait, He brides, Scotland.