1874.] F. S. Growse— The 'Etymology of Local Names in N Lidia. 331 
The Ivosi pargana comprises 61 villages, of which 9 end in jour; viz. 
’Aziz-pur, Hasan-pnr, Jalal-pur, Lal-pur, Nabi-pur, Pakhar-pur, Ram-pur, 
Shah-pur, and Shahzad-pur. Six of these are unmistakably post-Muhamma¬ 
dan, one is apparently so, and two are of quite uncertain date. 
In the Clihata pargana there are 111 villages, and 16 of them have the 
pur ending ; viz. Adam-pur, Akbar-pur, Bazid-pur, Deva-pura, so called 
from a 1 temple’ of Gopal, built by Muhkam Sinh, the ancestor of the present 
proprietors, whose Arabic name proves that he lived not many generations 
ago ; Ghazi-pur, Gulal-pur, Jait-pur, Jamal-pur, Khan-pur,*Lar-pur ; Man- 
pur, on the Barsana range, so called from the Man Man dir, the first erec¬ 
tion of which cannot date from further back than the transfer of Radha’s 
chief shrine from Raval to Barsana, which took place in the 15th or 16th 
century A. D. ; Pir-pur, Sayyid-pur, Tatar-pur, Haji-pur, and Kamal-pur. 
Of these 16 names, 12 are unquestionably modern, and of the remaining 
4, nothing can be said with certainty either one way or the other. 
Of the 163 villages in the Mathura pargana, as many as 32 have the pur 
ending ; viz., Allia-pur, said by local tradition to have been founded and so 
named only 200 years ago (the founder’s descendants are still on the spot 
and most unlikely to detract from the antiquity of their family) A’zam-pur 
and Bakir-pur, both founded by A’zam. Khan Mir Muhammad Bakir, who 
was Governor of Mathura from 1642 to 1645 ; Bliavan-pura ; Bija-pur, 
founded 200 years ago by Bijay Sinh Thakur, on land taken from the 
adjoining village of Nahrauli; Daulat-pur ; Daum-pura, one of 11 villages 
founded by the sons of a Jat, named Nainu at no very remote period, since 
the share which fell to the eldest of the sons is distinguished by the Persian, 
epithet kaldn ; Giridhar-pur, probably the most ancient of the series, but 
still dating from times of modern history, having been founded by Giridhar, 
a Kachhwaha Thakur of Satoha, whose ancestors had migrated there from 
Amber ; Gobind-pur ; Gopal-pur ; Hakim-pur ; Jamal-pur ; Jati-pura, found¬ 
ed by Gosain Bitthahnath, the son of Vallabhacharya of Gokul, commonly 
called Jati Ji, about the year 1550 A. D. ; Jay Sinh-pura, founded by Sawae 
Jay Sinh of Amber about the year 1720 A. D. ; Kesopur, so called from the 
famous temple of Kesava Deva, a fact which would sufficiently account for 
the name remaining unchanged, even though of ancient date ; Lalpur, found¬ 
ed by a Thakur named Lain, a member of the Gaurua clan, which is con¬ 
fessedly of late origin ; Lar-pur, founded only a few generations ago by a 
Tarkar Thakur, Laram ; Madan-pura, founded by an ahir from the old vil¬ 
lage of Karnaul; Madlio-pur, dating from 300 years ago, when it was form¬ 
ed out of lands taken from the adjoining villages and given to a Hindu 
retainer by Salim Shall; Mirza-pur; Muhammad-pur; Mukund-pur, so 
called after a Mahratta founder ; Mursliid-pur founded by Mursliid Kuli 
Khan, who was Governor of Mathura in 1636 A. D. ; Nabi-pur founded by 
