Buxar, or BAXAR, a town of Shahabad district, Bengal, on the south bank of the Ganges, 411 miles NW. of Calcutta by rail. The chief trade is in sugar, cotton, piece-goods, and salt. Here in 1764 Sir Hector Munro defeated a confederation of Hindu princes under Mir Kasim. Pop. 17,500.
Buxar, or BAXAR,
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