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POKHURN

Volume 18 · 74 words · 1860 Edition

a town of India, in the Rajpoot state of Jodhpur, 66 miles E. of Jessulmere, and 134 S.W. of Nagore. It is surrounded by a good stone wall; and the most conspicuous building is a temple, which stands in a deserted town quite close to the modern one. A considerable transit trade is carried on here, as the town stands on one of the great highways between Sindh and Eastern Rajpootana. Pop. about 15,000.