ABBOTTABAD, a town of British India, 4,I2oft. above sea-level, 63m. from Rawalpindi, the headquarters of the Hazara district in the North West Frontier Province, called after its founder, Sir James Abbott, who settled this wild district after the annexation of the Punjab. It is an important military canton ment and sanatorium, being the headquarters of a brigade in the Rawalpindi division of the northern army. It is remarkable for the rock inscription of Asoka close by.