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NAGAR HILI-NAGARKOIL. 157 the river from a height of about a thousand feet. It commands a magnificent view, and itself forms a striking feature from the town. Nágar. - Hill range, covered with forest, between Jabalpur (Jubbulpore) and Mandlá Districts, Central Provinces. The valley of the Narbadá (Nerbudda) lies below. Nagarbasti.—Town in Darbhangal District, Bengal; situated on the east bank of the Little Gandak, in lat. 25° 52' 15" N., and long. 85° 51' 30" E., 20 iniles south of the town of Darbhangah. Population (1881) 1070. Roads lead to Málínagar, to Biláspur for Darbhangalı, and to Ruseră vii Jitwárpur indigo factory on the opposite bank of the river. Thind, school, and bisár ; bi-weekly market. Nagardhán.- Decayed town in Nagpur District, Central Provinces. -See NANDARTHAN. Nágari.—Hill range in North Arcot District, Madras ; forming the extreme south-easterly spur of the Eastern Ghats, and consisting of altered and hardened sandstone some hundreds of feet thick, upheaved towards the east in perpendicular precipices by granite or gneiss rocks, which are intersected by dikes of serpentine trap.'-(Cox.) The sandstones are of various colours, chiefly pale red, yellow, and white, both in large and small grains. The formation is similar to that of Table Nountain at the Cape of Good Hope, near which coal and diamond conglomerates have been found. Nágari Nose.- Principal peak of the Nagari Hills, North Arcot District, Madras Presidency. Lat. 13° 22' 53" N., long. 79° 39' 22" E. Elevation above the sea, 2824 feet. Although 50 miles inland, this hill is visible from the sea in fine weather, and is a recognised landmark. At the foot of the hill is the village of Nágari (population in 1881, 2565), near Nagari station on the north-west line of the Madras Railway. Nagari is a very busy place, visited by merchants from Madras for the of rice, indigo, and ground nuts. The rice raised in the neighbourhood is of superior quality. Nágari has the largest fair in the District. It was once a city more than a mile in diameter Nagar Khás.---Village in Basti tahsil, Basti District, North-Western Provinces. Lat. 26° 42' N., long. 82° 43' E. Situated on the northern bank of the Chandu Tál Lake, six miles south-west of Basti town. Nagar Khás is supposed by General Cunningham to be identical with the ancient Kapila-vastu or Kapila-nagara, the traditional birthplace of Gautama Buddha, although the real site of Buddha's birthplace is doubtful. It was certainly the capital of a Gautama principality in the 14th century, and remained the seat of a line of Gautam Rájás till 1858, when their estates were confiscated for rebellion. Population (1881) 2371. Nágarkoil.—Town in the State of Travancore, Madras Presidency. Lat. 8o II' N., long. 77° 28' 11" E. A suburb of Kotár, once the seat