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188 NAMBAR-NANDAN SAR. Námbar. — River in the Nágá Hills, Assam ; tributary to the Dhaneswari (Dhansiri) river. In one portion of its course it forms a fine waterfall, passing over a reef of limestone rock, near which are some hot springs (pung). It has given its name to an extensive forest, which lies between the Mikir Hills and the Dayang (Doyong) river, and comprises an area of about 390 square miles. The forest is a Government reserve, but as yet (1883) very little of it has explored. Nambiyúr.--Town in Satyamangalam táluk, Coimbatore District, Madras Presidency. Lat. 11° 21' 30" N., long. 77° 22' E. Population (1881) 5241 ; number of houses, 1320, Nanái.River of Assam.-- See NONAI. Nanda Deví. — Snow-clad mountain peak in Kumaun District, North-Western Provinces; one of the higher Himalayan summits. Lat. 30° 22' N., long. 80° 1' E.; elevation above sea-level, 25,661 feet. Almost conical in shape. The summit is inaccessible. The Hindus regard the cloud which usually rests on the peak as smoke from the kitchen of the goddess Nanda. Nandair (Nander).---Town in the Nizam's Dominions or State of Haidarábád (Hyderábád), Deccan ; situated in lat. 19° 9' N., and long. 77° 26' 50" E. Population (1881) 14,091. The head-quarters of Nandair District is situated on the left or north bank of the Godávari river, on the high road from Haidarábád city to Hingoli, 145 miles north of the former. Nandair was at one time fortified, but the walls are now in ruins. It was founded in commemoration of the Sikh Guru Gobind, one of the grandsons of Nának, who was assassinated in 1708-09. Nandákujá.—River in Rajshahi District, Bengal, an offshoot of the BARAL, which it leaves at Nandakujá factory, and rejoins after a nearly semicircular course (for the last six miles of which it passes through the centre of the Chalan bil). During the dry season no water escapes from the Nandakuja ; its only point of contact with the waters of the bil is at Káchikátá, where it receives them through the Bangangá, and carries them with it on its way to the Brahmaputra. The confluents of the Nandakujá are the Báránai and the Atrái, the waters of the latter being divided between it and the Gur; both rivers are open all the year round, and are navigable by boats of from 20 to 24 tons burthen. These streams convey to the northern Districts the miscellaneous commodities of Calcutta, and carry back return cargocs of rice. Nandan Sar.–Lake in Kashmir (Cashmere) State, Northern India; situated with four others on the north side of the Pír Panjál Mountain, close to the Nandan Sar pass. Forms the source of the Haripur river. Place of Hindu pilgrimage. Lat. 33° 37' N., long. 74° 40' E.