RARH!rarh is a nice word. i was wikipedia surfing and...
Rarh region of West Bengal is the region that intervenes between the Western plateau and high lands and the Ganges Delta. Parts of the districts Murshidabad, Birbhum, Bankura, Bardhaman and Medinipur constitutes this region. The region is about 50 to 100m above the sea level.The west coast of Bhagirathi was called Radha/ Rarha/ Ladha/ Lara . The western side of Rarh is sometimes separated into Vajjabhumi(Bajrabhumi) which is the eastern fringe of the Chhotanagpur plateau, to demarcate from the eastern part of the rarh called Sumhabhumi or Subbabhumi. The oldest Jain book of codes Acharanga Sutra and Buddhist Jataka mentions about these regions. According to Acharanga Sutra Mahavira travelled in the pathless country of 'Ladha' in Vajjabhumi and Subbhabhumi at a time (5th Century BC) when the country was lawless and the people were harsh at Mahavir. Alexander the great was supposed to have been discouraged to come to eastern India due to the power of the "Gangaridi" or "Ganga Rarh"s who were probably the people of Rarh. Pleeny and Ptolemy also mention about "Ganga Rarh"s. The Bhuvaneshvara inscription of Bhavadeva Bhatta records that "Radha was a waterless, dry and woody region". A statement in Digvijayaprakasha locates to Radha the north of River Damodar and to the south of Gauda. Tabaqat-i-nasiri also suggests that the Radha region lay to the west of the Ganges. Dipavangsha and Mahavangsha state that Sri Lanka was colonised by Vijaya Simha who hailed from Simhapura in 'Lala'(Rarh).
This region is believed to be created from the soil from the Deccan plateau. Red coloured laterite soil is predominant. The silts of the soil are coarse. The soil is not mush suitable for agriculture as the alkalinity is high and organic material is comparatively less.
The most notable rivers are Damodar, Ajay, Mayurakshi, Dwarakeshwar, Shilai and Kasai. All the river originates from Chota Nagpur Plateau and flows towards east or south-east finally to meet River Hooghly. The river Subarnarekha flows through some parts of the region and ends at the Bay of Bengal. In the past, some of the rivers were notorious for causing flood. With the construction of several dams, the floods have been somewhat controlled.
i will go there one day :D rarh
