Birbhum

Birbhum

Birbhum (Beerbhoom, eigentlich Wîrabhûmi, »Heroenland«), Distrikt der Division Bardwan in der britisch-ind. Präsidentschaft Bengalen, 4548 qkm und (1891) 797,833 Einw. (3/4 Hindu, 1/5 Proz. Mohammedaner). Das ebene Land wird von unbedeutenden Flüssen durchzogen, hat heiße Quellen, Eisen gruben und Kalkbrüche, starken Reisbau, bedeutende Seidenraupenzucht und -Industrie, B. war über 2000 Jahre der Schauplatz heftiger Kämpfe der von Hindostan aus nach Bengalen vorrückenden Arier, die Erinnerung daran spricht sich im Namen B. aus.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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