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180 NAKO-NAKODAR. Imports of grain ; exports of sugar. Markets are held twice a week. Municipal revenue (1883–84), £1812, of which £1632 was derived from taxation; average incidence of taxation, is. 10 d. per head of population. Náko.-Village in Bashahr (Bassahir) State, Punjab. Lat. 31° 52' N., long. 78° 40' E. (Thornton); lies in the Kunáwar Hills, I mile from the left bank of the Li, or river of Spiti. Chiefly noticeable as being the highest inhabited place in the principality. Elevation above sealevel, 11,850 feet. Nakodar.-South-western tahsil of Jálandhar (Jullundur) District, Punjab, lying along the bank of the Sutlej (Satlaj), between 30° 56' 30" and 31° 15' n. lat., and between 75° 6' 15" and 75° 39' E. long. Area, 342 square miles, with 306 towns and villages, 30,183 houses, and 44,5 30 families. Total population, 194,069, namely, males 105,424, and females 88,645. Muhammadans form the bulk of the population, numbering 118,617; Hindus, 58,590 ; Sikhs, 16,705; Jains, 154; and Christians, 3. Average area under cultivation for the five years 1877–78 to 1881-82, 206,532 acres, the principal crops being the following—wheat, 76,376 acres; gram, 25,444 acres; Indian corn, 22,117 acres; jour, 16,673 acres ; moth, 16,794 acres; sugar-cane, 12,224 acres; barley, 9174 acres ; cotton, 8872 acres ; rice, 1319 acres ; and tobacco, 1091 acres. Revenue of the tahsil, £28,654. The administrative staff consists of 1 tahsildar and i munsif, presiding over I criminal and 2 civil courts; number of police circles (thánás), 2; strength of regular police, 35 men; besides a village watch of 272 chaukidárs. Nakodar.— Town and municipality in Jálandhar (Jullundur) District, Punjab, and head-quarters of Nakodar tahsil ; situated in lat. 31° 7' 30" N., long. 75° 31' E., about 15 miles from Jálandhar town. Population (1881) 8486, namely, Muhammadans, 5117; Hindus, 3193; Sikhs, 73; Jains, 100; and others,' 3. Number of houses, 1196. Nakodar is said to have originally belonged to Hindu Kambohs, but it has been held during historical times by a family of Musalmán Rájputs, on whom it was conferred in jugir during the reign of Jahangir. They were ousted early in the Sikh period by Sardár Tára Singh, Ghaiba, who built a fort, and made himself master of the surrounding territory. Seized by Ranjit Singh in 1816. Tahsili, police station, postoffice, dispensary, sarái ; grant-in-aid vernacular school, and several indigenous boys' and girls' schools. Brisk trade in grain, tobacco, and sugar. The town is well pavcd, and has a thriving appearance. Outside the town are two large and handsome tombs, dating from the reign of the Emperor Jahangir. The later tomb, bearing date 1021 Hijra, is the burial-place of the religious adviser of Shah Jahan, but it is not known who is buried in the earlier tomb. Both are embellished on the