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$Dharlwal, village in Gurdaspur District, with important woollen mills, ii. 72. Dharmkot, town in Ferozepore District, i. 451. Dharmsala (‘ resting-place ’), hill station (7,112 feet above sea), head-quarters of Kangra District, i. 384-387 ; its public buildings, civil and military, gardens, walks, &c., destroyed by the earthquake of 1905, 385, 386; its cli- mate, scenery, and neighbourhood, 387. Dhilwan, tahsTl of Kapurthala State, ii. 389- Dlnanagar, town in Gurdaspur District, ii. 72. Dinga, town in Gujrat District, ii. 122. Dipalpur, tahsU of Montgomery District, ii._i3, 14. Dipalpur village, a place of historical importance, ii. 14,15; identified by Cun- ningham with Daidala of Ptolemy,’ 14 ; the shrine of Baba Lalu Jas Raj, 15. Diseases, death-rate from principal, i. 42, 43. See toider Climate and Tempera- ture in each District. Distilleries (spirit), i. 84, 120 ; excise duty on spirits, 120. » District, the, the unit of administration, i. 99; average area and population, 98 ; actual area, population, &c., of each, 152, 153 ; in charge of a Deputy- Commissioner, 98, 99 ; his subordinate staff, 99 ; the division of a District into tahsils in charge of tahsildars, 99; Civil Surgeon, 145 ; kdmmgos, 99, 148. District Boards and funds, i. 125, 126; table of their income and expenditure, 162. District Judge, i. 99, 103, 104, 105; Dis- trict Magistrate, 99, 104. Divisions (administrative), each in charge of a Commissioner, composed of Dis- tricts, i. 98. Divorce, rules and practice of, i. 46. Doabs (tracts between two rivers), named as follows by Akbar, i. 2 ; the Bari, 219, the Bist Jullundur, 220, the Chin- hath or Chaj, 220, the Rechna, 225, the Sind-Sagar, 225; geology, 4, 5; botany, 11. Donkeys and mules, i. 65. See under Cattle, Horses, and Sheep in each Dis- trict. Dress, usually very simple and of cotton, i. 54; religious significance of blue, red, and green, 54; of women, the Musalman trouser and skirt, the Hindu skirt and tight bodice, the Gujar petti- coat, 54, 55 ; the huge outdoor veil {burkd) of the better classes, 55. See also under Arts and Manufactures, passim. Dujana, Native State under political con- trol of Delhi Commissioner, ii. 365. Dujana town, capital and residence of the Nawab, ii. 365. Dunyapur, town in Multan District, ii. 239- Duties, transit, see Customs. E. Earthquakes, frequent, due to geological faults and especially to the main boun- dary fault, i. 16, 17 ; the Kangra earth- quake of 1905, and others, 17, 355, 388, destruction at Dharmsala, 385, 386. East India Company, its early (1802) conquests in Delhi, i, 281; its actual administration (1832), 281. Education, i. 133—144; history of, before and after annexation, 133, 134; present organization under Director of Public Instruction and his staff, 135; the majority of teaching staff employed by local bodies, 135 ; primary education, 138-140, secondary, 137, 138, collegi- ate, 136, 137, university, 135, 136; special education, 140-143 ; training colleges and normal schools, 140, 141 ; technical education, 141, 142, of Euro- peans and Eurasians, 142, of Muham- madans, 142, 143; general results, 143; finance, 143, 144, 161, 162; statistics, 165 ; medical education,. 145, 146. See also under Education in each District. Education, primary, i. 138-140; half-time zamlnddri schools for sons of agricul- turists, their want of success, 139, 140. Education, secondary, in middle and high schools, i. 137, 138; the teaching of ^ English, 137, 138, 141. Education, higher, see Colleges and Uni- versity. Education, finance of, with a table, i. 143, 144; statistics of, 165. Education, language of, i. 134, 135, 137, ^ 138, 141. PMucation, moral and physical, in secondary schools, i. 138, in primary, 139. Embroidery, with silk, silver, and gold thread, i. 80, purity of manufacture guaranteed by municipality at Delhi, 80. Eminabad, town in Gujranwala District, ii. 102, 103 ; a temple of the penance of Baba Nanak, 103. Endogamy, as obligation to marry within the caste, among Hindus and Sikhs, i. 45- Engineering, faculty and school of, at Lahore, i. 136, 141. Engineers, Chief, Superintending, Execu- tive, and Assistant in both branches of Public Works department, i, 126, 127 ; Sanitary Engineer to Government, 127. E e 2$

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