n the Chichoki--Shorkot Road Railway and
irrigation from the Lower Chenab Canal has reached its neighbourhood.

~Lyallpur~, 31.3 N.--73.9 E. Fine new Colony town. Headquarters of
district. Population 19,578. Large wheat trade with Karachi, and has a
number of cotton ginning and pressing factories.

~Montgomery~, 30.4 N.--73.8 E. Headquarters of district. Population 8129.
May become a place of some importance with the opening of the Lower Bari
Doab Canal. Hitherto one of the hottest and dreariest stations in the
Panjab, but healthy.

~Pakpattan~, 30.2 N.--73.2 E. Headquarters of _tahsil_. Population 7912.
On Sutlej Valley Railway. Anciently known as Ajodhan and was a place of
importance. Contains shrine of the great Saint Farid ul Hakk wa ud Din
Shakarganj (1173-1265). Visited by Timur in 1398. There is a great
annual festival attracting crowds of pilgrims, who come even from
Afghanistan. There is great competition to win eternal bliss by getting
first through the gate at the entrance to the shrine.

II. PANJAB NATIVE STATES.

~Bahawalpur~, 29.2 N.--71.5 E. Capital of State on N.W. Railway 65 miles
south of Multan. Population 18,414. There is a large palace built by
Nawab Muhammad Sadik Muhammad Khan IV in 1882.

~Barnala~ (~Patiala~), 32.2 N.--75.4 E. Headquarters of Anahadgarh Nizamat
on Rajpura-Bhatinda branch of N.W. Railway. Population 5341. For the
famous battle see page 179.

~Bhatinda~ (~Patiala~), 30.1 N.--75.0 E. Also called Govindgarh. Old names
are Vikramagarh and Bhatrinda. Historically a place of great interest
(page 167). Fell into decay in later Muhammadan times. Is now a great
railway junction and a nourishing grain mart. The large fort is a
conspicuous object for many miles round. Population 15,037.

~Brahmaur~, 32.3 N.--76.4 E. The old capital of Chamba, now a small
village. Has three old temples. One of Lakshana Devi has an inscription
of Meru Varma, who ruled Chamba in the seventh century.

~Chamba~, 32.3 N.--76.1 E. Capital of State picturesquely situated on a
plateau above right bank of Ravi. Population 5523. The white palace is a
conspicuous object. There is an excellent hospital and an interesting
museum. The group of temples near the palace is noteworthy (page 201).
That of Lakshmi Narayan perhaps dates from the tenth century. The Ravi
is spanned at Chamba by a fine bridge.

~Chini~ (~Bashahr~), 31.3 N.--78.2 E. Headquarters of Kanawar near the
right bank of Sutlej. Elevation 9085 f