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‎Lauriya Nandangarh

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''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. ''

=Laur=
The name of an old Hindu kingdom, which at one time
occupied the north-western portion of what is now the District of
Sylhet, Eastern Bengal and Assam. Gor or Sylhet proper was con-
quered by the Muharnmadans in a. d. 1384, but Laur retained its
independence for another two hundred years. One of the Rajas,
named Gobind, was summoned to Delhi and there embraced the
Muhammadan faith ; and his grandson, Abid Reza, abandoned Laur
and built the town of Banivachung at the beginning of the eighteenth
century. Under the Mughal empire the Rajas of Laur were held
responsible for the defence of the frontier, and their estates were
not actually assessed to revenue till the middle of the eighteenth
century. In 1765 Laur came under the civil administration of the
British, with the rest of Bengal.

=Lauriya Nandangarh=
Village in the Bettiah subdivision of
Champaran District, Bengal, situated in 26° 59' N. and 84° 25' E.
Population (1901), 2,062. The village contains three rows of huge
conical mounds, which General Cunningham believed to be the tombs
of early kings, belonging to a period antecedent to the rise of Buddhism.
Near these mounds stands a lion pillar inscribed with the edicts of
Asoka. It is a single block of polished sandstone, 32 feet 9 inches
high, the diameter tapering from 35-5 inches at the base to 26-2 inches
at the top. The capital supports a statue of a lion facing the north ;
the circular abacus is ornamented with a row of Brahmani geese. The
pillar is now worshipped as a linga, and is commonly known as Bhim
Singh's lath or club.

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 not actually assessed to revenue till the middle of the eighteenth
 century. In 1765 Laur came under the civil administration of the
 British, with the rest of Bengal.
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-=Lauriya Nandangarh=
-Village in the Bettiah subdivision of
-Champaran District, Bengal, situated in 26° 59' N. and 84° 25' E.
-Population (1901), 2,062. The village contains three rows of huge
-conical mounds, which General Cunningham believed to be the tombs
-of early kings, belonging to a period antecedent to the rise of Buddhism.
-Near these mounds stands a lion pillar inscribed with the edicts of
-Asoka. It is a single block of polished sandstone, 32 feet 9 inches
-high, the diameter tapering from 35-5 inches at the base to 26-2 inches
-at the top. The capital supports a statue of a lion facing the north ;
-the circular abacus is ornamented with a row of Brahmani geese. The
-pillar is now worshipped as a linga, and is commonly known as Bhim
-Singh's lath or club.

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THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.
OXFORD, A..."