GUJERAT, a town in lat. 32° 32' N., long. 74° 3' E., in the Jech Doab of the Panjab, on the Rotas road between the Chenab and Jhelum, at eight miles from the right bank of the Chenab. It is also the name of a district in the Panjab.
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Gujerat gives its name to a British revenue dis:. trict, lying betWeen lat. 52° 10' 30" and 33° N.; and between long. 73° 20' and 746 31' E. with an area of 2029 square Miles, and a popi;laticin 1868 of 616,347 petsons. There are numerouS relies of antiquity in this district, and mounds of ancient construction yield considerable numbers of early coins. General Cunningham has identi fied one of these shapeless masses, now oecupied by the village of Moga or Mong, with the site of Nikma, the city built by Alexander on the field of his victory over Porus. This mound is about six miles west of the Pabbi range, and has a height of 50 feet, With a superficial dimension of 600 by 400 feet. Copper coins of all the so-called Indo Scythian kings are found in abundanCe. While the siege of Mtiltan (MooHan) still dragged slowly on, Sher Sinh established himself at Ramnagar, on the Gujranwala side of the Chenab, 22 miles below Gujerat, leaving the main body of his army on the northern bank,. Here he awaited the attack of Lord Gough, who attempted, unsuccess fully, to drive him across the river, 22d November 1848, and withdrew with heavy loss ; but, sending round a strong detachment under Sir Joseph Thackwell by the Wazirabad ferry, he turned the flank of the enemy, and won the battle of Sadulla pur. Sher Sinh retired northward, and took a
strong position between the Jhelum and the Pabbi Hills. The battle of Chillianwalla followed (13th January 1849). On 6th February, Sher Sinh again eluded Lord Gough, and marched southward to make a dash upon Lahore ; but the British-Indian army followed, and on the 22d of February Sher Sinh turned at Gujerat, and the decisive engage ment which ensued broke irretrievably the power of the Sikhs. The products of the district are grain, cotton, opium, safflower, tobacco, indigo, goor, wool, and ghi. About half the grain Is exported on camels, mules, bullocks, and donkeys, but chiefly by boats to rind Dadun Khan, and from thence by boat to Multan and Sind.. Koft gari, or gold-inlaying in iron, is peculiar to Gujerat, and a very brisk business is carried on by the workmen. Under forrner rulers, this inlaid work was used chiefly in onaamenting weapons, but, under the peaceful rule of the British Government, the craftsmen now make principally baskets, trays, paper-weights, paper-knives, bracelets, and orna ments.—Rennell's Memoir, p. 85 ; Cunningham, Ancient Geog. of India, p. 179 ; Imp. Gaz.