Rajmahal

Rajmahal, a decayed town of India, stands on a steep eminence on the right bank of the Ganges, 170 miles NNW. of Calcutta. It was long the chief town of the Bengal and Bahar provinces, but is now deserted and ruinous, being only noteworthy for the remains of its palaces, formerly belonging to Shah Shuja and Kasim Ali, and as a station in an important transit trade. Its commercial value has been lessened in consequence of the Ganges often shifting its bed at this point. In the beginning of the 19th century it had 25,000 inhabitants, and now only about 4000.