in Hindustan, a town of Sirhind, is so called from having been founded by the Lodi tribe of Afghans. The population, consisting chiefly of Mohammedans, has been estimated at about 20,000 souls. Here Shah Zaman Doorance took refuge after he had been deposed, deprived of sight, and exiled from Kabul; and his brother, Shah Shuja, also here found an asylum until his departure, in 1838, to attempt the recovery of the sovereignty of Afghanistan. The district, of which this town is the chief place, lapsed to the British on the failure of heirs to the late ruler in 1836. It has an area of 725 square miles, and a population of about 120,000. The town of Looe is situated in Lat. 50° 55', Long. 75° 54'.