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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 73.

PA TTAN fUNARA 73 mentioned, a palace for the Maharaja, a courthouse, and a dispensary have been constructed, in addition to minor works. The educational institutions comprise one English and one vernacular middle school, a girls' school, and 37 primary schools with a total of 3,8x9 pupils, including 672 girls. The expenditure on education in 1904 was Rs. 9,2oo. At the Census of rgo1 only 5,142 persons were returned as literate, 1-9 per cent. (3-6 males and o-1 females) being able to read and write. A dispensary has been established at Bolangir, at which 25,000 patients were treated in 1904. Patoda. -° Crown' tdluk in the south-west of Bhir District, Hyder- abad State, with an area of 353 square miles. The population in 1901, including jddirs, was 30,022, compared with 42,085 in 1891, the de crease being the result of the famines of 1897 and 1899-19oo. The taluk contains 74 villages, of which 3 are jdgzr, and Patoda (population, 3,179) is the head-quarters. The land revenue in r9o1 was 1•r lakhs. The Manjra' river rises in the hills west of Patoda. Tile tkluk is situated on a fertile plateau, and is hilly toward the north and west. Patri (Pdtdi).-Town in the Viramgam tdluka of Ahmadabad District, Bombay, situated in 23° 11' N. and 71° 53' E., on the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, 58 miles west of Ahmad- Abad city, on a bare plain at the border of the Rann of Cutch. The town is surrounded by a wall and contains a strong castle. Population (1901), 5,544. The chief trade is in cotton, grain, and molasses. The town has a dispensary and two vernacular schools, one of which is for girls, attended by 242 and 128 pupils respectively. Pattadkal.--Village in the Badami tdluka of Bijapur District, Bombay, situated in 15° 57' N. and 75° 52' E., 9 miles from Badami town. Population (1901), 1,088. It contains several old temples, both Brahmanical and Jain, with inscriptions dating from the seventh or eighth century, and considered by experts to be pure examples of the Dravidian style of architecture. Pattan Munara.-Ancient ruin in the Naushahra tahsil of Baha- walpur State, Punjab, situated in 28° 15' N. and 70° 22' E., 5 miles east of Rahimyar Khan. At the close of the eighteenth century the remains of four towers surrounding the central tower of a Buddhist monastery still existed here, but only the lower storey of the central tower now remains. Tradition avers that it had three storeys, and that the extensive mounds around it are the ruins of a city which was over loo square miles in extent. It is possible that the ruins mark the site of the capital of Mousicanus, who, after a brief submission to Alex- ander, revolted and was crucified in 325 B.c. The name Mousicanus probably conceals the name of the tribe or territory ruled by the chief- tain, and it has been suggested that it survives either in the tribal name of the Magsi or Magassi Baloch or in that of the Machkas. Another