BIHARI

one of the four principal Indian languages, the others being Bengali, A amese, and Oriya. It is spoken by about 35,000,000 people. @) ancient city, Bombay, India; formerly capital of B. kingdom; from Hindus pa ec through the hands of Muhammadans and Mahrattas, becoming British, 1848; has ruined temples, mosques, alaces; principal building, tomb of Mud i strict; plain, bordering Nizam’s dominjons; millet, cotton, silk; area, 5669 sq. miles. Pop. 863,000. (1) native state, Central India; forests; area, 973 sq. miles. Pop 125,200. (2) chief town, B. state. Pop. 6,000. 10’ E.).—(1) district, United Provinces, India; sugar, cotton, cloth; area, 1791 sq. miles. Pop. 779,900. (2) chief town, B. district. Pop. 17,600. (1). native state, Rajputana, India; mostly sandy and waterle ; inhabitants poor; Bikaner Camel Corps saw service in China, 1901, when the Maharajah commanded and in Soma lil and, 1904; camels, horses, cattle; area, 23,311. Pop. 710,000. (2) walled town, capital B. state; Jain temples; pottery, carving. Pop. 60,000. a Greek poet and e ayist. Educated in London and after 1874 lived in France. First published collection of poems in 1862. Later translated all of Shakespeare’s dramas into modern Greek, making a most scholarly and excellent metrical translation. He gained wide popularity as a prose writer as well. One of his stories Luk ts Laras, published in 1879, has since been translated in more than 10 languages. (1) district, Central Provinces, India; occupies portion of Chattisgarh plateau; large tract of hilly country te north; principal river, Mahanadi; 8S. well watered, undulating, thickly populated and cultivated; rice, wheat, timber; area, 7602 sq. miles. Pop. 917,240. (2) capita, B. district, on river Apra. Pop.