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gated. Wells supply more than two-thirds of the irrigated area, and
tanks or jhils the remainder.
Dalmau Town.--Head-quarters of the tahsil of the same name,
Rae Bareli District, United Provinces, situated on the Ganges in
26° 4′ N. and 81° 3′ E. Population (1900, 5,635. One tradition
asserts that the town was founded by Dal Deva, Raja of Kanauj ;
while another relates that Dal was a Bhar, and the latter seems the
more probable story. The Muhammadans state that Dalmau was
captured by Saiyid Salar, and several early tombs still exist. Firoz
Shah Tughlak founded a school here, and an idgdh dates from the
same reign. At the close of the fourteenth century the power of
the Bhars was revived, and an attempt by the Bhar Raja to obtain the
hand of a Saiyid girl led to the intervention of Ibrahim Shah of
Jaunpur, who assaulted and took the fort. Ibrahim Shah restored the
fort, and a garden and well are pointed out as having been constructed
by him. In the former is the tomb of Ibrahim's grandson, Muham-
mad, who fell in battle with his brother, Husain, after a brief reign.
The town was of some importance under the rule of Jaunpur, and
throughout the Mughal period was held by the Muhammadans, who
enriched it with mosques and other buildings. In the eighteenth
century Nawab Shuja-ud-daula built a house here; but the resumption
of revenue-free grants in the neighbourhood and a Maratha raid ruined
the inhabitants. Dalmau stands on a steep cliff overlooking the
Ganges. The fort appears to have been built on the ruins of two
Buddhist shipas, and with its tottering pavilions and crumbling battle-
ments forms one of the most picturesque objects on the banks of the
great river. On the east is a fine gateway erected by Ibrahim Shah
and largely composed of fragments of earlier temples. The interior
contains buildings dating from the time of Akbar and Shah Jahan.
The town is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income
of about Rs. goo. Besides the usual offices, it contains a munsiji
and a dispensary. There is a small manufacture of glass phials for
use by pilgrims to contain Ganges water; and oilseeds, grain, and
poppy seeds are exported to Cawnpore. A large fair takes place in
the autumn, which is attended by 150,000 persons; and a primary
school has 55 pupils.
Dalmi.-Site of ruins in the head-quarters subdivision of Manbhurn
District, Bengal, situated in 23° 4′ N. and 86° 2′ E., on the Subarna-
rekha. The ruins include the remains of a fort and of many brick
built temples. They are representative examples of post-Muhammadan
brick temples, but many of the bricks and of the carved stone images
formerly found here have been carried away by the villagers. An
inscribed figure of Aditya is in fine order, and there is also a small
figure of a ten-armed Devi.
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