a native state of India, under the superintendence of the lieutenant-governor of the North-Western Provinces of Bengal. It lies between N. Lat. 24. 10. and 24. 36., E. Long. 80. 35. and 81. 4., and is bounded on the N.E. by the jaghire of Sohawul and by Rewah, E. by Rewah, S.E. by Myheer, and W. by Purnah; area, 436 square miles. The chieftain of this state having been convicted of the murder of his brother, was deposed and banished by the British government, who assumed the management of affairs during the minority of his son. He, however, when he assumed the power in 1838, found himself totally unable to conduct the government, and at his own request, the country was again put temporarily under British administration. The annual revenue is estimated at L6632, and the population at 120,000.

ODEPOOR CHOTA, sometimes called Mahur, a district of British India, in the Rewa-Cauanta, province of Guzerat, bounded N. by Deoghar-Barreca, E. by Allec-Molun, S. by the districts of Aknaune and Mcwassae, and W. by the territory of the Guicowar. It lies between N. Lat. 22. 2. and 22. 32., E. Long. 73. 47. and 74. 20.; and has an area of 1059 square miles. It is watered by the Orang, an affluent of the Norbudda. It was formerly an independent state under British protection; but in 1855, on the discovery of a systematic bribery of the natives attached to the political agent's office, the state was annexed to the British possessions. The capital is Oodepoor, a town on the Orsing, 105 miles S.E. of Ahmedabad, with a population of 6000.

ODEPOOR, or MEWAR, a Rajpoot state of India, bounded on the N. and W. by the British district of Ajmere and the native states of Godwar and Serohoe, S.by the Myheer-Cauanta, Dongarpore, and Banswara; and E. by Pitabaghur, Tonk, Gwalior, and Boondee. It stretches from N. Lat. 23. 46. to 25. 56., and from E. Long. 72. 50. to 75. 38.; has a length of 150 miles, a breadth of 130, and an area of 11,614 square miles. The south-western part of this territory is occupied by the Aravalli Mountains, which extend thence along the frontiers of Oodepoor northwards to Ajmere. To the north of Komulmaur, this chain takes the name of Mbaiarwara, and at this part it varies from 6 to 15 miles in breadth. The wild and deep glens of these mountains are occupied by Bheels, Minas, and Mairs; and the fastnesses of the southern part of the range have likewise given shelter to numerous native tribes, acknowledging no superior power, and paying no tribute. The geological formation of the mountains consists for the most part of granite, quartzite, and gneiss; and many valuable minerals are obtained here. Tin, silver, and copper are the principal metals that occur. The remainder of the country has an average elevation of 2000 feet above the level of the sea, and slopes gradually from S.W. to N.E. The principal rivers are the Banas and the Beris, flowing N.E. from the foot of the mountains. The rana or prince of Oodeypoor is regarded as the head of the Rajpoot States, Oodeypoor although his supremacy is not acknowledged in any other respect; from which circumstance it has been inferred that these princes were formerly possessed of real power over the whole of Rajpootana. The state of Oodeypoor became tributary to the British government by the treaty of 1818; and the amount of tribute was originally fixed at L22,400 per annum, but this was reduced in 1848 to L20,000. A corps of Bhells was raised in 1841 at the joint expense of the British and Oodeypoor governments, in order to reduce to subjection the Bhell districts of the country; and this has been performed with complete success. Pop. estimated at 1,161,400.