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196 NAVGUVERI TOWN-NANJANGAD. supplied by channels from the mountain streams; innumerable wells, under which small patches of two to three acres are cultivated; and dry cultivation, poor and interrupted by fallows sometimes for two years out of three. The great range of hills bordering the táluk on the west is strikingly picturesque, rising to 5000 feet above sea-level, the tops densely covered with forest. Several coffee estates nestle in the more sheltered valleys of the higher elevations. In 1883, Nánguneri táluk contained 2 criminal courts; police circles (thánás), 14; regular police, 94 men. Land revenue, £32,541. Nánguneri. - Town in Tinnevelli District, Madras Presidency. Lat. 8° 29' 20" N., long. 77° 44' E. Population (1881) 4414, namely, Hindus, 4184; Muhammadans, 74; and Christians, 156. Number of houses, 1057. Nánguneri is the head-quarters of Nánguneri táluk, and has a richly endowed temple. Weekly fair. Nanjangad.- Táluk in Mysore District, Mysore State. Area, 176 square miles, of which 104 are cultivated. Population (1871) 64,535; (1881) 68,451, namely, 33,597 males and 34,854 females. Hindus numbered 66,669; Muhammadans, 1777; and Christians, 5. In 1883 the táluk contained i criminal court; police circles (thánás), 3 ; regular police, 35 men ; village watch (chaukidárs), 377. Total revenue, £12,673. Nanjangad (" Town of the Swallower of Poison,' so called from one of the attributes of Siva). — Town in Mysore District, Mysore State ; situated in lat. 12° 7' 20" N., and long. 76° 44' E., on both banks of the Kabbani and Gundal streams, 12 miles by road south of Mysore city. Population (1881) 5202, namely, 4680 Hindus, 52 I Muhammadans, and i Christian. Head-quarters of the Nanjangad tíluk. Said to be identical with the city of Nagarapura, founded during the 8th century by a king from the north, and shortly afterwards taken by a Chola monarch. Now celebrated for the temple of Siva, under his name of Nanjandeswara. The present building, which has superseded a smaller one of remote antiquity, was erected by Karachuri Nanja Rájá, the dízván or prime minister of Mysore about 1740, and embellished by the dirun Purnaiya. It is 385 feet long by 160 feet broad, and supported by 147 columns. Some of the figures are carved with great elaboration and delicacy. The shrine receives an annual allowance from the State of £2020. Car festivals are held monthly on the day of the full moon, two of which, in March and November, are attended by thousands of devotees from all parts of Southern India. About a mile from Nanjangad is a fine bungalow, attached to the Mysore Residency, near which is a stone bridge over the Kabbani, constructed 100 years ago. An extensive tope of magnificent and shady trees extends from the bungalow to a distance of I mile along the right bank of the Kabbani. It has been proposed to connect