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190 NANDGAON CHIEFSHIP_NANDI. District, Bombay Presidency; situated about 60 miles north-east of Násik town, and a station on the north-eastern line of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. Population (1881) 4416. The railway station is connected with the ELLORA caves by a road 44 miles in length. The town has the ordinary Sub-divisional revenue and police offices, and a post-office. Near the railway station is a travellers' bungalow. Nándgaon. - Feudatory chiefship attached to Raipur District, Central Provinces. The chiefship consists of 4 parganás, namely, Nándgaon and Dongargaon to the south ; Pándádá, 20 miles to the north, at the foot of the Sáletekri Hills, and separated from Nándgaon by the Khairágarh pargana and that part of Dongargarh which belongs to the Khairágarh chief; Mohgaon, about 50 miles to the north, a very fertile parganá, lying between the Dhamdá and Deorbijiá khálsa parganás; and Khamariá, belonging to Khairágarh. Area, 905 square miles, with 1 town and 540 villages, and 48,351 occupied houses. Population (1881) 164,339, namely, males 81,717, and females 82,622 ; density of population, 1816 persons per square mile. Of the total area of the State, 441 square miles are cultivated; and of the portion lying waste, 288 square miles are returned as cultivable. Principal products-rice, wheat, gram, kodo, oil-seeds, and cotton; principal manufacture—coarse cloth. The original grant was made in 1723 to the family priest of the Rájá of Nágpur, but additions took place in 1765 and 1818. The chief is a Bairagi, or religious devotee. Supposed gross revenue, £14,653 ; tribute is payable of £4600. Mahant Ghási Dás, the late chief, who died in November 1883, is described as an able, energetic, and enlightened ruler. He was succeeded by his son, a promising young man, during whose minority the administration of the State is carried on conjointly by his mother and the Diwán. The Nágpur-Chhatisgarh Railway passes through Nándgaon, and has caused a considerable influx of traders, and a general increase of prosperity, combined with a rise in prices of food-grains. The late chief built a comfortable dik bungalow close to the railway station; and also constructed large grain stores and feeder roads at considerable cost, besides having spent nearly £2000 in digging and improving tanks. The military force of the State consists of 7 elephants, 100 horses, 5 camels, and 500 infantry. Eight schools were attended by a daily average of 263 pupils in 1883, and the desire for English education is reported to be increasing. Good básár; dispensary. Nandi (Nundy).–Village in Kolár District, Mysore State, at the north-eastern base of the hill fort of NANDIDRUG. Population (1881) 627. Since 1825 it has ceased to be a military station. An ancient temple, dedicated to Bhoga Nandiswara, las some inscriptions in the Grantha character. An annual cattle fair, held at the Sira-ratri