a small district of Northern Hindustan, subject to the Ghoorkali rajah of Nepaul, and situated between the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth degrees of north latitude. To the south it is separated from Oude by extensive woods and forests, and forms one of the numerous principalities subject to Nepaul, called the Territories of the Twenty-four Rajahs. It is intersected by the river Gunduck, and is mountainous and unproductive. The Gunduck is the principal river. Palpah is also the chief town of the district, being situated amongst the mountains that overlook the Gunduck River. Long. 82. 55. E. Lat. 28. 11. N.