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SONS OF NADOWN RAJAH.
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Nadown is a township situated on the left bank of the Beeas river, in the Kangra district, with which the history of the Nadown Rajah is intimately connected. The territory now known under the name of Kangra, includes within its limits a tract of hilly and mountainous country, extending from the Sutlej on the east, to the Ravee on the west. The northern extremity touches upon Ladakh, while its southern limits rest upon the plains of the Baree and Jullundur Doabs. "Here," says Mr. George Barnes, in his Kangra Settlement Report, "on hills just raised above the level of the plain, and mountain crests higher than any peak of the Andes, every zone of climate and variety of vegetation is to be met with, from the scorching heat and exuberant growth of the tropics, to barren heights destitute of verdure, and capped with perpetual snow." 

Formerly the larger portion of this tract owned the sway of eleven Rajpoot chiefs, the names of whose principalities are noted below: - 

1. Kangra
2. Huneepoor or Gooleir.
3. Seeba
4. Datarpoor.
5. Junoon. 
6. Mundi.
7. Sookeit.
8. Chumber.
9. Noorpoor.
10. Boojahul (extinct).
11. Koolloo.

1-5 - Descended from a common ancestor.
6-7 - Descended from a common ancestor.

Of these the Rajah of Kangra was the foremost in position and influence; not only as regards the four chiefs descended from the same common ancestor as himself, but as regards them all. The Kangra Rajahs are called Kutoch Rajpoots, and according to the local legend, the family is not of human origin. "The first