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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 22.

22 QUILON coir ; and the chief imports are salt and tobacco. The customs revenue averages about Rs. io,ooo. The tonnage of vessels of all classes which call annually at the port is 22,ooo. The sanitation and conservancy of the town are attended to by a town improvement committee. The ancient history of Quilon goes back to the earliest times of the old Syrian Church in India. The Nestorian Patriarch Jesujabus of Adiabene noted in the seventh century that Quilon was the southern- most point of Christian influence. It appears in Arabic as early as A. D. 851 under the name Kaulam-Mall, when it was already frequented by ships from China. It is the Coilum of Marco Polo, and was an important place in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. 7.'he Portu- guese had a factory here, which was captured by the Dutch in 1662. From them, it passed to the English East India Company. The portion now in the possession of the British Government is known as TANGASSERL Rabkavi.-Town in the State of Sangli, Bombay, situated in 16° 28' N. and 75° 9' E., on the right bank of the Kistna. Popula- tion (1901), 5,748, consisting almost entirely of bankers, traders, and artisans. Local affairs are managed by a municipal body, known as the Daiva, with an income of about Rs. 3,800. Rabkavi is an important trade centre. Silk is dyed and made up into various articles of clothing. Cotton is also dyed to some extent, with the permanent dye known as suranji The town appears to have been named after the village goddess Rabbava. It has fine temples, of which that of Shankarling is the principal. Rābkob.-Head-quarters of Udaipur State, Central Provinces. See DHARMJAYGARH. Rabiipura.-Town in the Khurja tahsil of Bulandshahr District, United Provinces, situated in 28° 15' N. and 77° 37' E., 19 miles west of Bulandshahr town. Population (1901), 5,048. The place was founded by a Mewati named Rabū in the eleventh century. The Mewatis were ousted by the Jaiswar Rajputs in the time of Prithwi Raj, late in the twelfth century. From the days of Shah Alam II up to 1857, Rabūpura was the centre of an estate comprising 24 vil- lages, which was confiscated after the Mutiny for the rebellion of the proprietors. The town contains a good brick market, and half the houses and shops are also of brick. The American Methodist Mission has a branch here, with a small church and dispensary. Rabapura is administered under Act XX of 1856, with an income of about Rs. 1,300. There is a considerable trade in cattle. The primary school contains 6o pupils. Rachna Doab.-DoiM in the Punjab. See RECHNA DonB. Rādhanpur State.-State in the Palanpur Agency, Bombay