8 PA THANKO T TO GI 1V
and the terminus of the Amritsar-Pathankot branch of the North-
Western Railway. Population (igoz), 6,o9i. A good cart-road leads
from Pathankot to Palampur (7o miles) and Dharmsala (52 miles), and
another to Dunera (for Dalhousie and Chamba). The situation of
Pathankot has, from very ancient times, made it an emporium of trade
between the hills and plains. From coins found here, Cunningham
concluded that it was at an early date inhabited by the Udumbaras,
who are coupled in the Puranas with the Traigarttas and Kulindas, or
people of Kangra and Kula, and with the Kapisthalas, who must be
the Kambistholi mentioned by Arrian as dwelling on the Ravi ; and
that the kingdom of Dahmeri, which in historical times included most
of Gurdaspur and Kangra, bears a name derived from this people.
The capital of this State was Nurpur in Kangra, but Pathankot must
have been a place of some importance, as from it the Pathania Rajputs
oŁ Nurpur take their name' It was from ancient times held by a line
of Rajput chiefs, of whom the most noted are Raja Bakht Mal, who
fought for Sikandar Suri at Mankot ; Bas Deo, who rebelled against
Akbar ; Suraj Mal, who rebelled against Jahangir ; and Jagat Singh,
who rebelled against Shah Jahan and accompanied Dara Shikoh to
Kandahar. The State of Pathankot was taken by Ranjit Singh in
1815. The municipality was created in 1867. The income during
the ten years ending 1902-3 averaged Rs. 11,5oo, and the expenditure
RS. 11,200. In 1903-4 the income was Rs. 10,500, chiefly from octroi ;
and the expenditure was Rs. 11,8oo. Pathankot is the seat of a
considerable blanket and shawl-weaving industry, and, lying at the
point where the trade routes from Chamba, Nurpur, and Kangra unite,
is a place of some commercial importance, with a growing trade. The
District board maintains an Anglo-vernacular middle school and a
dispensary.
Pathardi.-Town in the Shevgaon hiluka of Ahmadnagar District,
Bombay, situated in 19° 1o' N. and 75° 11' E., about 30 miles east
of Ahmadnagar city. Population (1901), 6,299. The town lies pic-
turesquely on the side of a steep hill which rises in the midst of
a barren tract, skirted on the north and east by a range of hills running
from Dongargaon into the Nizam's Dominions.
Patharghata.-Hill in the head-quarters subdivision of Bhagalpur
District, Bengal, lying between 25° 17' and 25° 22' N. and 87° 12'
and 87° 16' E., on the bank of the Ganges. On the northern side
of the hill are some rock sculptures, apparently of a date prior to the
seventh or eighth century A. D., the most interesting of which is a long
row of figures known locally as the Chaurasi sunni ('84 sages'). The
' Archaeological Survey Reports, vol. xiv, p. 115. The name of Pathankot has
nothing to do with the trans-Indus Pathans, but is often written Paithan, and accord-
iAg to Cunningham is a corruption of Pralisthana, ° the established city.'
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