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2 west of the latter place. It is situate ona fine stream of water,
3 amidst a few trees and traces of former cultivation, but is at
4 present little better than a heap of ruins, having been, destroyed
5 by Mehrab Khan of Kelat. Lat. 27° 49’, long. 65° 54’.
6 PARKUTA, in Bulti, or Little Tibet, a small town with a fort, Vigne, Kashmir,
7 situate on the Indus, about twenty-five miles south-east of Is- renee
8 kardo, the capital. Before the late conquest of this country by
9 the Sikhs, it was the residence of a raja, the brother of the sove-
10 reign of Bulti. It is a place of some trade, having a manufacture
11 of saddles, which are much prized. Lat. 35° 3’, long. 75° 51’.
12 PARNA, in Sinde, a village situate on the route from E.L.C.Ms. Doc.
13 Omercote to Balmair, forty miles north-east of the former town.
14 Lat. 25° 28’, long. 70° 21’.
15 PARTUR, in Afghanistan, a village among the mountains E.l.C. Ms, Doe.
16 inclosing the valley of Kahun, and connecting the highlands of
17 Hurrund and Dajel with the Hala range. It is situate on the
18 Illiassee torrent, which, flowing from north-east to south-west,
19 is lost in the arid plain of Cutch Gundava. Partur is in lat. 29°
20 9’, long. 69° 40’.
21 PARWAN.—Sce Purwan.
22 PARWAN PASS.—Sce Purwan.
23 PASSEENOE, or PACENCE, in Beloochistan, a village Horsburgh, Ind.
24 situate at the inner extremity of a deep bay of the Arabian Sea. Bien
25 A scanty supply of water and a few Jean goats may be obtained
26 here at a high price. Lat. 25° 17’, long. 63° 20’:
27 PASTAN, in Afghanistan, a village on the route from Herat E.1.C. Ms. Doc.
28 to Andkhoo, and fifteen miles east of the former place. Lat. 34°
29 26’, long. 62% 25’.
30 PATAN, in Kashmir, a village twenty-five miles north-west } Moorer. Punj.
31 of the town of Sirinagur. It is situate close to a Kariwah, or SFL
32 table-land of fertile soil, once well cultivated, as is evident from
33 the remains of canals constructed for the purpose of irrigation.
34 At present it is a complete waste.
35 This seems to have been an important locality during the
36 predominance of Hindooism in Kashmir, as in the vicinity are the
37 remains of two ancient buildings in a style similar to the cele-
38 brated temple at Matan.* Patan is still a place of pilgrimage for sp yon puget,
39 the superstitious Hindoos.? Lat. 34° 7’, long. 74° 21’. Kaschmir, ii, S84.
40 * Vigne, who took much interest in the architectural relics in Kashmir, Kashmir, il. 167.
41 gives the following description of the rnins at Patan :—‘‘ After Martund, the