a large town of Hindustan, in the pro- vince of Bahar, and chief town of the district of Sarun, situated on the north bank of the Ganges. It was first entered in 1757 by the British, in pursuit of a French de- tachment under Mr. Law, which had entered into the ser- vice of Shuja Addowlech. It is thirty-two miles west-north- west from Patna. Long. 84. 46. E. Lat. 25. 46. N.