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A 158 NAGAR KOT-NAGAUR. of the Travancore Government, and now the head-quarters of a District, with courts and other Government offices. It is also the centre of a large Christian population. The London Mission Society has a good school and printing-press here. Nágarkoil publishes the only newspaper in the State ; and has a reputation for fine lace-work, done by the Mission converts. Nagar Kot. — Ancient town in Kángra District, Punjab. — See KANGRA. Nagar Párkar.— Táluk of the Thar and Párkar District, Sind, Bombay Presidency, bordering on the Rann of Cutch (Kachchh). Population (1872) 33,259 ; (1881) 37,512, namely, 20,379 males and 17,133 feniales, dwelling in i town and 3 villages, consisting of 6636 occupied houses. Hindus number 10,160; Muhammadans, 11,192 ; Sikhs, 25; aboriginal tribes, 15,265; and Jains, 870. Gross revenue (1881--82), £4546; area in 1882 assessed to land revenue, £91,240 acres, the whole of which was under cultivation in 1882. In 1883 the tíluk contained 2 civil and 2 criminal courts; 17 thánás or police circles; 76 regular police. Nagar Párkar.-Chief town and municipality of Nagar Párkar táluk, Thar and Párkar District, Sind, Bombay Presidency; situated in lat. 24° 21' N., and long. 70° 47' 30" E., 120 miles south of Umarkot. Connected by good roads with Islámkot, Mitti, Adigáon, Pitápur, Biráni, and Bela in Cutch (Kachchh). Head-quarters of a múkhtiyarkir and tappádár, with the usual public buildings and post-office. Population (1881) 1773; municipal revenue (1881-82), £329. Manufactures -weaving and dyeing of cloth. Local trade in cotton, wool, grain, cocoa-nuts, piece-goods, hides, tobacco, and metals; transit trade in grain, camels, cattle, wool, and ghi. The town is believed to be of some antiquity; about a mile distant is Sardhára with a temple to Mahadeo, and a spring sacred among Hindus. In 1850, Nagar Párkar was the scene of a rebellion, for the suppression of which a British force was despatched from Haidarábád (Hyderabad). The ringleaders were transported for a term of years. Nagaur.-Town in Jodhpur State, Rajputána ; situated in lat. 27° ' 15" N., and long. 73° 46' 15" 1., in a jungle-covered plain ; distant 84 miles north-west from Nasirábád (Nusseerábád), and 75 north-east from Jodhpur city. Nagaur was first occupied by Chanda, chief of the Rahtor Rájputs, about 1382 A.D. With a valuable adjacent territory, it was for centuries regarded as the appanage of the heir to the gadi of Jodhpur. It was several times occupied temporarily by the Musalman forces,--once notably by Akbar in 1561, who conferred it on the chief of Bikaner; it was, however, subsequently recovered by Jodhpur. It was at one time so prosperous that it is said to have paid £7500 annually from commercial imposts alone. At least one-quarter