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MANDI , a native See also:state of See also:India, within the See also:Punjab. It ranks as the most important of the See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill states to which See also:British See also:influence extended in 1846 after the first See also:Sikh See also:War. The territory lies among the See also:lower ranges of the See also:Himalaya, between See also:Kangra and See also:Kulu. The See also:country is mountainous, being intersected by two See also:great parallel ranges, reaching to an See also:average height of 5000 to 7000 ft. above See also:sea-level. The valleys between the hill ranges are fertile, and produce all the See also:ordinary grains, besides more valuable crops of See also:rice, See also:maize, See also:sugar-See also:cane, See also:poppy and See also:tobacco. See also:Iron is found in places, and also See also:gold in small quantities. See also:Area, 1200 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 174,045; estimated See also:revenue, £28,000; See also:tribute, £6666. The See also:chief, whose See also:title is See also:raja, is a See also:Rajput of old See also:family. Considerable sums have been expended on roads and See also:bridges. An important product of the state is See also:salt, which is See also:mined in two places.
The See also:town of Mandi is on the See also:Beas, which is here a See also:mountain torrent, crossed by a See also:fine iron See also:bridge; 2991 ft. above sea-level; 88 m. from See also:Simla. Pop. (1901), 8144. It was founded in 1527, and contains a See also:palace of the 17th See also:century and other buildings of See also:interest. It is a mart for transfrontier See also:trade with See also:Tibet and Yarkand.
See Mandi State Gazetteer (See also:Lahore, 1908).
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