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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 16, p. 153.

LASWJRI 153 maintain under that treaty. Houses and a few shops .gradually sprang up round the lines. In 1859 a large, building was erected, known is the Kampu Kothi, in Which Jayaji Rao resided from 1866 to 1874. Subsequently it was used for the military offices, and since zgoo the military school has been located there. The chief officers of the military department reside in Lashkar Brigade, including the com- niander-in-chief, adjutant-general, and the quartermaster-general of the State forces and their staffs., The State workshop is also here. Insti- tuted originally for military purposes, it has developed into a general workshop in which work of all kinds is carried out, including repairs for the Gwalior Light Railway. Some of the State troops are quartered at MORAR, 4 miles away. Lasur.-Village in the Chopda tdluka of East Khandesh District, Bombay, situated in $i° W.N. and 75° 15' E., 8 miles north-west of Chopda town. Population (1901), 2,557. Lasur is now nothing but a collection of mud huts and irregularly built houses, but the ruins of a fort, a fine well, and the remains of a mosque attest its former importance. The fort was dismantled by the British, and the Thoke's mansion was burnt down a few years ago. The history of the family illustrates the state of Khandesh in the beginning of the nineteenth century. The Carnatic mercenaries, employed by every petty pro- prietor, had made themselves so obnoxious that Gulzar Khan Thoke, the holder of the strong fort of Lasur, enlisted a body of Arabs to oppose them. Unable to control or pay his Arabs, he used to let them loose on the country round, till at last the other proprietors, entering into a league against him, bribed his Arabs to assassinate him at Lasur and his eldest son Allyar Khan at Chopda. A second son, Alaf Khan, escaping from Lasur, took refuge with Suraji Rao Nimbal- kar of Yaval. Returning with some Carnatic mercenaries lent him by the Nimbalkar, Alaf Khan, on pretence of paying the Arabs their ,arrears, entered the fort, and the Carnatic troops seized the Arabs and , put them to death. But instead of being in possession of his own fort, Alaf Khan found that his hired force had orders to hold the fort for their master the Nimbalkar. Driven to despair, Alaf Khan allied himself with the Bhils and plundered without mercy; At last the Nim- balkar agreed to give up the fort for a money payment of Rs. ro,ooo; This sum Captain Briggs advanced to the Thoke family and occupied the fort with British troops. Subsequently a member of the Thoke family was appointed keeper of the hills and of the Bhirram pass, and -the family now serve as headmen of the village. The village contains a boys' school with 8 pupils. LaswAri.-Village in the Ramgarh tahsil of the State of Alwar Rajputana, situated in z7° 33' N. and 76° 56' E., on the left bank of -the Ruparel river, about 2o miles east of Alwar city. .. The place is