Barkal

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Barkal

Mart in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Eastern Bengal and Assam, situated in 22° 43 N. and 92degree 25' E., on the right bank of the Karnaphuli river. Population (1901), 2,194. It gives its name to the hills in the vicinity. The river here forms rapids, and a tramway has been constructed by which passengers and goods are transhipped.