MUZAFFARPUR

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MUZAFFARPUR , a town and

district

DISTRICT

of British India, in the Patna division of Bengal. The town is on the right bank of the Little

Gandak

GANDAK

river, and has a railway station. Pop. (1901), 45,617. The town is well laid out, and is an important centre of trade, being on the direct route from Patna to Nepal. It is the headquarters of the Behar Light Horse volunteer corps and has a college established in 1899.
The

DISTRICT

DISTRICT

OF MuzAFFARPIR has an area of 3035 sq. m. It was formed in January 18i5 out of the

great

GREAT

district of Tirhoot, which up to that time was the largest and most populous district of Lower Bengal. The district is an alluvial plain between the Ganges and the

Great

GREAT

Gandak

GANDAK

, the Baghmat and Little Gandak being the principal rivers within it. South of the Little Gandak the land is somewhat elevated, with depressions containing lakes toward the south-

east

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

. North of the Baghmat the land is lower and marshy, but is traversed by elevated dry ridges. The tract between the two rivers is lowest of all and liable to floods. Pop. (19oi), 2,754,790, showing an increase of 1.5 % in the.decade. Average density, 914 per sq. m., being exceeded in all India only by the neighbouring district of Saran. Indigo (superseded to some extent, owing to the fall in price, by sugar) and opium are largely grown.

Rice

is the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

grain crop, and cloth, carpets and pottery are manufactured. The district is traversed in several directions by the Tirhoot system of the Bengal and North-Western railway. It suffered from drought in 1873-1874, and again in 1897-1898.
SeeMu.affaspur District Gazetteer (Calcutta, 1907).superintendent at the Vatican; and it became under his hands a perfect imitation of painting. His ability and industry soon gained for him a handsome fortune. Part of this he expended in assisting to found the

Academy

ACADEMY, GREEK
ACADEMY, ROYAL

of St Luke in Rome. He died in 1592, and was buried in the church of Santa Maria

Maggiore

MAGGIORE, LAGO (Lacus Verbanus of the Romans; Fr. Lac Majeur; Ger. Langensee)

.
Many of Muziano's works are in the churches and palaces of Rome; he also worked in Orvieto and Loreto. In Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome, is one of his

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

works, " St Jerome preaching to Monks in the Desert "; his "

Circumcision

CIRCUMCISION (Lat. circum, round, and caedere, to cut)

" is in the church of the Gesi, his " Ascension " in the Araceli, and his " St Francis receiving the Stigmata " in the church of the Conception. A picture by him, representing Christ washing the feet of His disciples, is in the cathedral of Reims.

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