1 Vigne, &, 212.
2 E.1.C, Ms. Doc.
3 1 Vigne, i. 182;
4 Moorcroft, i. 69-
5 79, 124; Forster,
6 Jour, Beng. Eng.
7 i. 258,
8 24,121,
9 3 Kashmir, i, 133,
10 70 NAB—NAD.
11 to be the Aornus of the historians of Alexander, the capture of
12 which was one of the most arduous exploits of that conqueror.
13 Lat. 34° 49”, long. 71° 15’.
14 NABOG NYH, or NABOG NYE, a pass over the moun-
15 tain-range, bounding Kashmir on the east and dividing it from
16 the valley of Muru Wurdwun. It is formed of gneiss and mica
17 slate, and thus differs in structure from most of the mountains
18 bounding Kashmir, which consist principally of basalt, trap, or
19 other description of rock, generally regarded as of volcanic origin.
20 The height of the pass is 12,000 feet. Lat. 33° 43’, long.
21 75° 20’.
22 NADALI, in Afghanistan, a village about twenty miles south-
23 west of the town of Girishk, in lat. 31° 37’, long. 64° 3’.
24 NADAUN,! in the north of the Punjab, a small town on the
25 left or south bank of the Beas, here a deep, rapid, and clear
26 stream, a hundred and fifty yards wide, and running at the rate of
27 three miles and a half an hour. The right bank is of sandstone,
28 lofty and abrupt ; the left of mould, lower and shelving. Here
29 is a ferry much frequented, being on the route from British
30 India to Kashmir. Nadaun was formerly a flourishing place,
31 and was held by an independent raja, but the prince was
32 expelled by Runjeet Singh, and since that event the town
33 has fallen into decay. Near Nadaun is Jewala Muki, a cele-
34 brated Hindoo temple, surmounted with a richly gilded roof,
35 and inclosing a fissure in the rock, from which issue jets of in-
36 flammable gas, which, when lighted, are considered the breath of
37 “the tutelary deity —(See Jewata Muxz.) The assessment of the
38 land revenue here payable to the Sikh government is regulated
39 by a curious contrivance, which, according to Mooreroft,? “ with-
40 out diminishing the a‘hount, was likely to be satisfactory to the
41 peasantry.—Tbis was by a rough analysis of the soil. A given
42 quantity of the earth was put into a fine muslin sieve and washed
43 with water until all the mould was carried through and nothing
44 but the sand left, and according to its proportion to the whole, a
45 deduction was made from the assessment.” The rate for rich
46 soil was about five shillings an acre.
47 The site of Nadaun is delightful, and during its prosperity it
48 was celebrated for fine gardens and various other attractions.
49 Vigne? mentions a popular proverb—*‘ Who will come to Na-
50 daun, and then leave it?” It is in lat. 31° 46’, long. 76° 18’,