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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 18, p. 261.

NABAD ,VIP 261 doubled the area of the city. Conspicuous on the high ground to the west are the public offices, surmounted by a dome, standing in the wooded grounds of Gordon Park. Other prominent buildings in the vicinity are the Victoria Jubilee Institute, the Maharaja's College, and the Law Courts. In 1897 the old palace in the fort was partially destroyed by fire ; and this has given occasion for the erection of a new palace on the same spot of more modern design, constructed of durable and less combustible materials. The opportunity has been taken to introduce some of the handsome porphyries and other ornamental stones found in Mysore, and stone-carvings on the lines of the famous ancient sculptured temples of the State are being used. Altogether, the new palace now approaching completion bids fair to be notable for its architecture and decorative features. The fort, which is the original nucleus of the city, is quadrangular, three of the sides being about 450 yards in length, and the remaining or south side somewhat longer. The palace in the interior was crowded round with houses, principally occupied by retainers. But open spaces have now been formed, and further improvements will follow the completion of the new building. Mysore itself (properly Mahisfir, 'buffalo town') is no doubt a place of great antiquity, as it gave its name to the country as Mahisa- mandala in the time of Asoka in the third century u. c., and appears as Mahishmati in the Mahabharata. Maisurnad is mentioned in inscrip tions of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The original fort is said to have been built in 1524. But the modern city, even before the extensive rebuilding of recent years, could not boast of any great age. Though Mysore was the ancestral capital of the State, it was super- seded by Seringapatam, which was the seat of the court from 161o till the downfall of Tipu Sultan in 1799. The latter ruler had demolished the fort, and conveyed the stones to a neighbouring site called Nazarabad, where he intended to erect a new fort. On the restoration of the Hindu Raj in 1799, the stones were taken back and the fort rebuilt. At the same time the recently destroyed palace was erected', and the court removed to Mysore. Thus few standing remains can claim to be older than about a hundred years. Interesting buildings are the house occupied by Colonel Wellesley (the future Duke of Wellington), and the Residency (now called Government House), erected in 1805 in the time of Sir John Malcolm by Major De Havillands This has lately been much altered and extended. Nabadwip (or Nadia).-Ancient capital of Nadia District, Bengal, situated in ::3° 24' N. and 88° 23' E., in the head-quarters subdivision, on the west bank of the Bhagirathi. Population (igo1), 1o,8$o, including 10,416 Hindus, 457 Muhammadans, and 7 Christians. This great preponderance of Hindus in a District where 59 per cent. of the