Patharghata
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.
Patharghata
Hill in the head-quarters subdivision of Bhagaipur District, Bengal, lying between 25 if and 25 22' N. and 87 12' and 87 16' E., on the bank of the Ganges. On the northern side of the hill are some rock sculptures, apparently of a date prior to the seventh or eighth century A.D., the most interesting of which is a long row of figures known locally as the Chaurasi sunni (' 84 sages '). The 1 Anhaeologual Suwey Reports vol. xiv, p. 115. l The name of Pathankot has nothing to do with the trans-Indus Pathans, but is often written Paithan, and accoiding to Cunningham i a corruption of praiisthana, 'the established city.' hill also contains five caves, in the most important of which, the Bateswar cave, bronze and silver relics have been discovered. [M. Martin, Eastern India, vol. ii, pp. 64-5 ; Archaeological Survey Reports, vol. xv, pp. 36-7. ]
