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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 20, p. 77.

.PA UKTA fill 77 for the legend, Muhammad bin Tughlak died thirty-nine years before the shrine was built. An inscription in the interior of the shrine con- tains a chronogram giving the date of the saint's death, while another over the principal gate records the fact that the shrine was repaired in 1606-7 by Abdur Rahim, Khan-i-Khanan, son of Bairam Khan. A Hindu fair is held annually in January-February, lasting upwards of a month. A Musalman fair, lasting for three days, is held at the shrine of Shaikh Babu. The gates in the walls of the town bear some inscriptions, now illegible. Pauk Subdivision.-South-western subdivision of Pakokku Dis- trict, Upper Burma, comprising the PAUK, Saw, and SEIKPYU town- ships. Pauk Township.-Central township of Pakokku District, Upper Burma, lying between 21° io' and 21° 49' N. and 94° 18' and 94' 44' E., with an area of 1,490 square miles. It is a rugged tract, bounded on either side by hill ranges, and watered by the Kyaw river, a considerable affluent of the Yaw, which flows through its southern areas. Along these two streams a considerable amount of rice is grown. The population was 36,515 in 189x, and 41,021 in igor, distributed in 190 villages. Pauk (population, 1,826), a village near the junction of the Kyaw and Yaw streams, about 40 miles west of Pakokku, is the head-quarters. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 42 square miles, and the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 94,000. Paukkaung.-Eastern township of the Prome subdivision of Prome District, Lower Burma, lying between 18° 48' and 19° ix" N. and 95' 21' and 95' 53' E., with an area of 694 square miles. The popu- lation in 19or was 29,797, including nearly 5,ooo Chins, and in 1891 was 31,995, so that the decrease has been 7 per cent. in ten years. The eastern half of the township is covered by the forests of the Pegu Yoma, and the density is low. There are 241 villages, the head- quarters being Paukkaung (population, 1,224), which is connected with Prome by a good road. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 32 square miles, paying Rs. 15,000 land revenue. The total revenue for the same year was Rs. 88,ooo. Pauktaw.-Township of Akyab District, Lower Burma, lying between 19° 47' and 20° 24' N. and 92° 56' and 93° 15' E., on the eastern bank of the Kaladan river, with an area of 496 square miles, the greater part of which is flat country intersected by tidal creeks. The population was 40,875 In 1891, and 43,395 in r9o1. There are 190 villages, but no town. The head-quarters are at Pauktaw (popu- lation, 755), on a tidal creek to the east of Akyab town. The area cultivated in 1903-4 was 127 square miles, paying Rs, r,88,ooo land revenue. F 2