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MIDIKAVAJI:-VZUDUR:I. 193 centre; the chief imports are areca-nuts, cocoa-nuts, cocoa-nut oil, dates, and salt. These articles are bought in exchange, from native Christian traders of Goa, for wheat and other grain. Not far from the town is the ruined fort of Pratapgarlı, built by Malla Sarya Desai of Kittúr in Sog. Nandigarh contains a post-office and three schools; weekly market on Wednesday's. Nandikanama. - Pass in Cumbum (Kambham) túluk, Karnúl (Kurnool) District, Madras, lying in lat. 15° 23' 30" N., and long. 78° 48' 7" E. Carries the main road from Karúl to Cumbum and the east coast at Ongole over the Nallamalái hills; height, about isoo feet above sea-level. The Bellary-Kistna State Railway, now in course of construction, intersects this road near the crest. Formerly lead and diamond nines were worked near the entrance of the pass; recent experiments with the lead-ore have shown that it contains a high percentage of silver. The pass is much used for the transport of salt, and was utilized during the recent famine for carrying grain from the coast to Karnúl. Nandikotkúr. — Tíluk of Karnúl District, Madras Presidency. Area, 1323 square miles. Population (1881) 72,741, namely; 36,875 males and 35,866 females, occupying 14,761 houses in 113 villages. Hindus numbered 62,348 ; Muhanmadans, 9770; and Christians, 623. In 1885 the tiíluk contained 2 criminal courts; police circies (thinus), 10; regular police, 82 men. Land revenue, £19,055. Nandikotkúr.--Town in Karnúl (Kurnool) District, Madras Presidency. Lat. 15° 52' N., long. 78° 18' 21" E. Population (1881) 2175; number of houses, 636. Head-quarters of Nandikotkúr teiluk; fort. Nandod.—Capital of Rajpipla State, Bombay Presidency. Lat. 21° 5+' N., long. 73° 34' E. Situated about 32 miles east by north from Surat, on a rising ground in a bend of the Karjan river. Population (1872) 9768; (1881) 10,777, namely, 5625 males and 5152 females. Hindus numbered 7409; Muhammadans, 1607; Jains, 10; Pársis, 13; Christians, 2; and others, 1736. As early as 1307, the Nuhamnadans are said to have driven the Nandod chief from his capital, and inade it the head-quarters of one of their districts, building a mosque and issuing coin. The chief, though he had since the fall of the Muhammadan power (1730) recovered most of his territory, never brought back his capital from Rajpipla to Nandod until 1830. Nandora. — Town in Partábgarh (Pratápgarh) District, Oudh ; situated 3 miles north of the Ganges, and 2 from Bihár town. Population (1881) 2953, namely, 1881 Hindus and 1072 Musalmáns. Contains the large bázár of Lálganj, at which produce to the value of about £30,000 is soid annually. Village school. Nándúra. — Town in Buldana District, Berár; a station on the Nágpur branch of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway. Lat. 20° 50' V., VOL. X. N