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the residence of the principal Zemindar of that quarter, but became, 

 between six and seven centuries past, the capital of a small independent 

 principality, established by the Zemindar in question, out of the wrecks of 

 the Kuttar monarchy destroyed at that period : it subsequently became the 

 entrepot for the trade of Tartary, passing from the Dharma ghat to Belharijt 

 in the plains; and to this circumstance must be ascribed its continued 

 existence as a town, and its retention of a bazar, after it had ceased to be 

 the residence of the court. The present number of houses is sixty-one, of 

 whicli forty-six are shops : the antient palace of the Rajas, and the fort in 

 which it stood, are now a heap of ruins. The Kacheri of the Tehsildar, for 

 the eastern districts of iC(2W2aow, is stationed here, and three miles north of the 

 town, at a place called holm ghat ^ is a military cantonment, at which is station- 

 ed a force for the protection of the frontier. Another post of the same kind 

 is established twenty -two miles north' of Lohu ghat, at Petoragerh. Two small 

 fortifications have been recently erected at these posts. 



Joshimath, long. 79° 32', lat. 30* S3\ is situated near the junction of the 

 Bishenganga and Dauli, (branches of the Ganges) and is elevated 7,500 

 feet above the sea. The R.iwal, and other attendants of the temple of 

 Badarinathy reside here during half the year, when the temple is blocked up 

 with snow. There are 119 houses, distributed as follows: 



Brahmins, 21 



Merchants, 14 



Cultivators, 68 



Doms, 16 



Some trade is carried on from this town with Tartary, through the 

 Mana and Niti passes. 



Bagesxvar, situated at the conflux of the river Sarjii and Gomati, longc 

 79° 35\ lat. 29° 50', contains a bazar consisting of forty-two shops, which 



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