Bansi

Bansi stands on the Rapti River in the northern plains, near routes leading toward Nepal. The river connected the town with its surrounding country, while its crossing brought travellers and goods to the settlement.

Bansi was the seat of a local raja whose fort stood beside the Rapti. In the late seventeenth century, the Mughal officer Khalil-ur-Rahman moved against chiefs in the Gorakhpur region; after he occupied Maghar, the raja of Bansi withdrew to his riverside fortress. The town remained associated with the rajas of Bansi and their estates in the surrounding countryside.