Page:The Imperial Gazetteer of India - Volume 10 (2nd edition).pdf/213



NAR:1, IESTERIJERAINGHI. 201 deepened to ensure a proper rabi supply for all the existing canals in the Eastern Nära system. Nára, Western.—:In important water channel in Sind, Bombay Presidency; issuing from the Inclus (lat. 27° 29' N., long. 68° 20' 1.), which it taps close to the village of Kathia in the triluk of Lirkhana. After a southerly course through portions of the Lárkhána and Labdarya tiiluks of Lárkhána Sub-division, it enters the Mehar Subdivision by the túluks of Kakar, Tigar, and Mehar, anıl, after a course of 138 miles, falls into the northern side of Lake Manchhar, in the Sehwán Sub-division of Karachi District. The Western Nára is a natural channel artificially improved; and, being navigable for river boats throughout its entire length, between May and September, it is preferred to the Indus as a boat route during the floods, as the current is not so strong as in the river. About 17 canals branch directly from the Western Vára, * being in Lirkhana, 7 in Vehar, and 6 in Schwan Sub-divisions. Floods from this channel occur at times, and in parts prevent the cultivation of rice. The Western Nára is, for purposes of superintendence, included in the Ghar and Karachi canal system. The returns furnished for the first edition of this work showed a revenue realized in 1873-74 of £10,211, against an expenditure of £3339, leaving a profit or surplus of £36,982. No later returns are available. Nárad, - name given to three different streams in Rajshahí District, Bengal. (1) 'The first is a small offshoot of the Ganyes, which it leaves a few miles below the town of Ranipur Beauleah, and thence flows into the lusá Khán near Putiya. A short distance north of Putiya, (2) another stream, also called the Nárad, though in no sense a continuation of the former watercourse, leaves the Musá Khin, and flows eastward past Nattor. It is navigable for a great part of the year. Its chief tributary from the south is (3) the Nárad, a branch of the Nandakuja. The united streams fall eventually into the Atrái just above its junction with the Vandákujá. Naraina.—Town in Jaipur State, Rájputána; distant 10 miles west rom Jaipur city. Contains several temples of interest, and famous as the head-quarters of the sect of Dádú Panthís, from whom the footsoldiers of the State, called Nágas, are obtained. The sect is not very numerous, and professes to worship one God, unrepresented by any image or without a temple; their saints are celibates, and maintain succession by adoption. The Nágas number between 4000 and 5000; to their fidelity, daring, and moral influence as soldiers, is attributed the steadfastness of the general army of the Jaipur State to the British cause during the Mutiny of 1857. Náráinganj (Niíráyanganj). — Sub-Division in Dacca District, Bengal. Area, 641 square miles; number of towns and villages, 2064;