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2 It was taken by Runjeet Singh, and held for a short time by a
3 garrison of Sikhs, who were all massacred by the Esa Khail |
4 Afghans.2 Lat. 32° 9’, long. 71° 2’. ° oes oe
5 PAIEN-I-DURAS, or PAIN DRAS, in Ladakh; a village on
6 the route from Le to Kashmir, by the Bultul pass, from which it
7 is distant twenty miles north-east. The land in the vicinity is
8 in general employed for pasture, and produces the prangos pabu-
9 laria, so highly esteemed by Moorcroft for winter fodder. Izzet
10 Ullah,' who calls this place Panderras, observes that the road is ! Oriental Mag.
11 good in this part of the route. Gholaum Hyder? styles the Ln : eee i
12 village Paeen-dur-rauz. Professor Wilson, the editor of Moor- ee
13 croft,3 considers that it should be called Pain-dras,4 or “ lower ii. 03.
14 dras,”’ but this does not seem justifiable, as,the place lies higher arn, pense
15 up the course of the river and is more elevated than Dras. The 1%.
16 elevation above the sea exceeds 9,000 feet.5 Lat. 34° 20’, long. eae Kashmlr,
17 75° 26’.
18 PAK PATTAN ! (pure town *), in the Punjab, a town situate ; ee be :
19 five miles west of the river Ravee, and eight miles from Mamoke nackeson, Ace.
20 Ghat, a much-frequented ferry over it. A perfectly level plain ced Ronit
21 of four miles wide extends towards the river from the town,
22 which, viewed at some distance, has the appearance of a citadel
23 situate on the summit of a lofty eminence. It is built on the
24 site of the ancient fort of Ajwadin, Ajodin, or Adjoodhun, and is
25 celebrated as the place close to which Mahmud of Ghuznee,
26 Tamerlane,? and several other invaders of Hindostan, crossed the ? Ferishta, i. 498;
27 river boundary of the Punjab on the east. The name of this town Peat 242 ;
28 is considered to indicate its peculiar sanctity, in consequence of Rennell, 61.
29 its having been for many years the residence of a celebrated Ma-
30 hometan saint, Shekh Farid-u-Din, of whose miraculous powers
31 many traditions are recounted by the natives. It is related, among
32 his other wonderful deeds, that when hungry, he threw into his
33 mouth handfuls of dust or pebbles, which immediately became
34 sugar; and as he effected similar transmutations in innumerable
35 instances for the benefit of other persons, he obtained the name of
36 Shakarganj,} or ‘‘ sugar store.” The tomb or shrine is situate in a
37 spot depressed below the rest of the mound on which the town is
38 built, and which has an elevation of about forty feet above the
39 plain. It is an unornamented and inconsiderable building, having
40 # yy sk. + gifs.