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2 bridge of several arches over the river. The town is surrounded
3 by luxuriant orchards and gardens; it contains between three
4 and four hundred houses,* a bazaar, and two Mahometgn shrines.
5 The neighbouring country is generally cultivated for the growth
6 of saffron, and the produce is considered finer than that of any
7 part of Hindostan. Lat. 34° 3’, long. 74° 46’.
8 PANALIA, in Sinde, a village on the route from Omercote to Walker's Map of
9 Nuggur Parkur, and twenty-five miles north of the latter place. “Fr
10 Lat. 24° 40’, long. 70° 44’.
11 PANCH-GERAI, in the Punjab, a village situate on an offset E.1.¢, Ms. Dor.
12 “of the Indus, about five miles from the right bank of the main
13 stream. Lat. 31° 56’, long. 71° 14’.
14 PANDRENTON, in Kashmir, an antique temple of small Vigne, Kashmir,
15 dimensions, standing in a reservoir or tank about four miles pyy ‘pon a
16 south-east of Srinagur, the present capital of the valley. It isa ee eisai:
17 striking specimen of the simple massive and chaste style which i. 200.
18 characterizes the architectural antiquities of Kashmir. The ground
19 plan is a square of twenty feet’, and the roof pyramidal. In each
20 of the four sides is a doorway ornamented with pilasters right and
21 left, and surmounted by a pediment. The whole is constructed
22 of blocks of regularly hewn limestone. * The interior is filled with
23 water communicating with that without, which is about four feet
24 deep; and as the building is completely insulated, it can be
25 reached only by wading or swimming. The purpose of its con-
26 struction is not known, but it is generally considered a Buddhist
27 relic. It exhibits neither inscriptions nor sculptures, except the
28 figure of a large lotus carved on the roof inside. Lat. 34° 2’,
29 long. 74° 47’.
30 PANDURAN, in Beloochistan, a village situate on the direct E.1.C. Ms. Doc.
31 pass which, proceeding southwards from Kelat, joins the Moola
32 pass at Paeesht Khana. It is built on the banks ofa torrent, which
33 commencing a little south-east of Kelat, flows southward, and joins
34 the Moola river. The pass, which scarcely deviates in any place
35 from the course of the stream, is much shorter than the upper
36 part of the Moola pass, with which it is collateral, but is less
37 available for military purposes in consequence of not being prac-
38 ticable for artillery. Panduran is in lat. 28° 36’, long. 66° 45’.
39 PANEEWAN, in Beloochistan, a village in the Moola or E.1.C. Ms. Doe.
40 G undava pass, on the route from Kelat to Gundava. It is situate
41 * Von Hiigel describes it as a considerable town. Kaschmir, i, 262.