Luckeesarai

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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, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Luckeesarai

(Lakshmlsarai). — Village in the head-quarters sub- division of Monghyr District, Bengal, situated in 25° 11' N. and 86° 6" E., on the west bank of the Kiul river. Population (1901), 6,199. -^ broad handsome railway bridge here crosses the Kiul river, and Kiul station on its east bank forms the junction of the chord-line of the East Indian Railway with the loop-line and with the South Bihar Railway. Numerous sculptures found at the neigh- bouring village of Rajaona have been removed to the Indian Museum ; the remains of a stupa still exist.