The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad . ontaining theimag-es of all the saints of the Jainas. It is on thesouth-western bank of the Cassimbazar river and isresorted to by larg-e numbers of Jaina the rains, the temple can be reached in boatswhich pass down the old bed of the river under thebridg-e at Farashdang-a. At the back of the temple isthe Modhug-ereh, or Honey pit, said to contain count-less treasures concealed by the Jai
The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad . ontaining theimag-es of all the saints of the Jainas. It is on thesouth-western bank of the Cassimbazar river and isresorted to by larg-e numbers of Jaina the rains, the temple can be reached in boatswhich pass down the old bed of the river under thebridg-e at Farashdang-a. At the back of the temple isthe Modhug-ereh, or Honey pit, said to contain count-less treasures concealed by the Jainas during- theMahratta disturbances. BRITISH FACTORY AT COSSIMBAZAR As early as 1610, the East India Company senttheir factors to Cossimbazar and in 1658, constructeda fortified factory. This was an irreg-ular squarewith solid bastions, each mounting ten guns, mostlynine and six pounders, with a saluting- battery on thecurtain to the river side of twenty four guns, fromtwo to four pounds. The garrison in 1757, whenCaptain Grant left it, consisted of fifty military undera sergeant. The duties of the British Chief at this factory had,long before the acquisition of the Dewani, been as i. II [ 223 ] much diplomatic as commercial, and negotiations were carried on throug^h him. At this factory, Warren Hasting-s spent his earlyyears (1752-57), making- bargains for stuffs withnative brokers. Here he distinguished himself byhis sympathy with the natives and here he acquiredhis knowledg-e of Persian. It was here that Warren Hastings married thewidow of Captain John Buchanon, who bore him twochildren and who died here in 1759 and was buriedin the cemetry close by, just opposite to the site ofthe old factory, now popularly known as the BritishResidency. Serajuddowla seized the factory, made WarrenHastings a prisoner and sent him to Murshidabad. All traces of the factory and the residence of the agent or Chief have disappeared, except a small mound containing a portion of the
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