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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 198.

198 AfAXXAR A7J CITA IViānkarnacha-Highest peak in the Orissa State of Bonai, Bengal, situated in 21° 47' N. and 85° 14 E., and rising to a height of 3,639 feet above sea-level. Mankerā..-Village in the Bhakkar lahsil of Mianwāli District, Punjab, situated in 31° 23' N. and 710 27' E. It lies in the heart of the Thal, the desert of the Sind-Sāgar Doāb. A large fort, said to have been founded by the Sials of Jhang, still exists in the village. Mankerā was once the great stronghold of the Jaskani Baloch, who in the beginning of the seventeenth century held the country from the Indus to the Chenāb, and from Bhakkar to Leiah on the Indus. They appear to have lost Mankerā to the Bhangi Sikhs about 1772, but to have soon recovered it. In 1792 it became the capital of the Pathdn Nawāb, Muhammad Khān Sadozai, who governed the Sind- Sagar Doāb, and subsequently also Dera, for the Durrani kings of Kābul, Bhakkar being his second capital. Muhammad Khan gradually became independent, and was not molested by the Sikhs; but after his death in 1815 Ranjit Singh invaded his territories, and in 1821 took Mankerā by siege. Mankerā then became the seat of a Sikh governor, and at the annexation of the Punjab was made the head- quarters of a lahsil till 1853-4• Manki.-Village in the Honavar ldluha of North Kanara District, Bombay, situated in 14° 11' N. and 74° 32' E. Population (igoi), 6,co8. The remains of several Jain temples point to the fact that Jain influence was formerly paramount in Manki, while several in- scriptions show that the place was once of considerable importance. A dilapidated fort on the coast is traditionally reported to have been the former stronghold of the Karagars (now a degraded class) ; but more probably it was held on behalf of the rulers of Vijayanagar by the Sheorogars, a class claiming Kshattriya descent, who are more numerous in Manki than in any other part of the District. After the fall of Vijayanagar, Manki was possessed by the chiefs of Bednur and eventually passed into the hands of Hyder Ali. The downfall of Tipu added it with the rest of Kanara to British territory. Manki contains three old Hindu temples of uncertain date. It formerly possessed a large export trade in rice, raw sugar, and coco-nuts ; but at present the annual imports amount to only Rs. 1,27o and the exports to Rs. 18o. Mdnkur.--Village in the head-quarters subdivision of Burdwān District, Bengal, situated in 23° 26' N. and 870 34' E. Population (1901), 7,2o6. Mankur is a station on the chord4ine of the East Indian Railway, 9o miles from Calcutta, and has a considerable trade; it is also a local seat of the silk-weaving industry. The Church Missionary Society maintains a medical mission, at which r i,ooo patients were treated in igoi.