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NARMADA-NARO I'AL. 213 Narmadá.—One of the great rivers of India. - See NARBADA. Narnála.-Hill fortress in Akola District, Berár. Lat. 21° 14' 30" N., long. 77° 4' 23" E. Situated 10 miles to the north of Akot. Narnála is the highest point in the District, standing 3161 feet above sea - level, and forins a sort of advanced outwork, about 2 miles south of the main wall of the Gawilgarh range. A central fort occupies all the upper plateau of the hill, while two smaller forts (Teliagarh and Jafarabad) enclose two considerable spurs running out at opposite angles on a lower level, and in the direction of the length of the hill, which is fron north-cast to south-west. The ramparts, which extend over a distance of several miles, consist generally of a wall from 25 to 40 feet high, with 67 Hanking towers. There are six large and twenty-one small gates. Four only of the nineteen tanks within the walls hold water throughout the year. The fort also contains four very curious stone cisterns, covered in by a masonry platform pierced by small apertures. On this platform are the remains of arches. The water in the cisterns is remarkably sweet and cool. They are supposed to have been built by the Jains who ruled the country before the Musalınan conquest, for many Jains drink no water on which the sun has fallen. 'The old palace, a mosque called after Aurangzeb, an armoury, a twelve-doored pavilion, a music hall, and other buildings, all more or less in ruins, occupy the interior of the central fort. Perhaps the most beautiful architectural feature is the Shahnúr gate on the south, which is of white sandstone, with projecting balconies on either side; the open stone lattice-work, the rich cornice, and tracery and panelling, with stone-cut verses from the Korán, are admirable specimens of Pathán workmanship. The walls are now falling into ruin and the fort is uninhabited. Narora.—Town in Bulandshahr District, North-Western Provinces. Lat. 28° 12' N., long. 78° 25' 45" E. Narot.—Town and municipality in Pathankot tahsil, Gurdaspur District, Punjab; situated in the trans-Ráví tract, in lat. 32° 17' 30" N., and long. 75° 30' E., half-way between the Rávi and the hills. Population (1881) 3706, namely, 2034 Hindus, 1668 Muhammadans, and 4 Sikhs. Principal mart in the fertile submontane belt known as Chak Andar, and the local collecting centre for the products of the hills below which it lies. Exports of rice and turmeric to Amritsar (Umritsur) and Lahore. Municipal revenue in 1883–84, £248, or 15. 4 d. per head of population within municipal limits. Nárowál.—Town and municipality in Riah tahsil, Sialkot District, Punjab. Lat. 32° 6' N., long. 74° 55'E. Distant from Sialkot town 35 miles south-east. Formerly head-quarters of a tahsil, now removed to Riah. Population (1881) 4558, namely, Muhanımadans, 2935; Hindus, 1429; Sikhs, 151; Jains, 24; and “others,' 19. Number of