CHAMBA  , a native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, within the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab, amid the Himalayas, and lying on the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern border of See also:

• KASHMIR, or CASHMERE

Kashmir . It has an See also:

• AREA

area of 3216 sq. m . Pop . (19or) 127,834 . The See also:

• SANATORIUM (a modern Latinism, formed from sanare, to cure, restore to health, sanus, whole, healthy, well; often wrongly spelled sanatarium or sanitarium)

sanatorium of See also:

• DALHOUSIE, FOX MAULE RAMSAY
• DALHOUSIE, JAMES ANDREW BROUN RAMSAY, 1ST MARQUESS

Dalhousie, though within the state, is attached to the See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• GURDASPUR

Gurdaspur . Chamba is entirely mountainous; in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, and in the centre, are snowy ranges . The valleys in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west and See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south are fertile . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers are the Chandra and See also:

• RAVI

Ravi . The See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country is much in favour with See also:

• SPORTS
• SPORTS, THE BOOK OF

sports-men . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal crops are See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice, See also:

• MAIZE, or INDIAN CORN

maize and See also:

• MILLET (Fr. millet; Ital. miglietto, diminutive of miglio= Lat. mille, a thousand, in allusion to its fertility)
• MILLET (or MILE), JEAN FRANCOIS (c. 1642–1679)
• MILLET, FRANCIS DAVIS (1846- )
• MILLET, JEAN FRANCOIS (1814–1875)

millet . See also:

• MINERAL

Mineral ores of various kinds are known, but unworked . See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

Trade is chiefly in See also:

• FOREST

forest produce .

The See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the state is Chamba (pop . 6000), situated above the See also:

• GORGE

gorge of the Ravi . See also:

• EXTERNAL

External communications are entirely by road . The state was founded in the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, and, though sometimes nominally subject to Kashmir and afterwards tributary to the See also:

• MOGUL, MOCHAL, or MIGHAL

Mogul See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, always practically maintained its See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence . Its See also:

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

chronicles are preserved in a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions, mostly engraved on See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper . It first came under See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in 1846, when it was declared See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent of Kashmir . The See also:

• LINE

line of the rajas of Chamba was founded in the 6th century A.D. by Marut, of an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• FAMILY

family of Rajputs . In 1904 Bhuri Singh, K.C.S.I., C.I.E., an enlightened and capable ruler, succeeded .