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MULTAN DIVISION 21
25 square miles were cultivated. The State ranks as a fourth-class
State in Kathiawar, and is the only Ponwar chiefship. The Ponwars
entered the peninsula about 1470-5 from Thar and Parkar, under the
leadership of Laghhdirji, and established themselves at Than and
Chotila. They founded the present town of Muli, named after
a Rabari woman. After three generations the Kathis crossed over
to Than, and shortly after expelled the Ponwars from Chotila. Since
then the Kathis have held Chotila, and the Ponwars' holding has been
limited to Muli and the adjacent villages.
Muli Town.—Chief town of the State of the same name in Kathiawar,
Bombay, situated in 22 0 38' N. and 71 0 30' E., 13 miles southwest
of Wadhwan on the Bhogava. Population (1901), 5,455. It is
famous for its saddle-cloths. Muli contains a temple of the Sw2tmi
Narayan sect, founded by the Ponwars and named after a Rabari
woman. There is also a temple of the Sun, which is worshipped
here under the name of Mandav Rai.
Mulila Deri.—Petty State in KATHIAWAR, Bombay.
Mulji-na-pura.— Petty State in MAHI KANTHA, Bombay.
Multai.—Eastern tahsil of Betul District, Central Provinces, lying
between 21 0 25' and 22 0 23' N. and 77 0 57' and 78 0 34' E., with an
area of 1,056 square miles. The population in 1901 was 114,369, compared
with 128,477 in 1891. The density is 108 persons per square
mile. The tahsil contains 417 inhabited villages. Its head-quarters
are at Multai, a village of 3,505 inhabitants, 28 miles from Badnur on
the Nagpur road and 87 miles from Nagpur. The village stands on an
elevated plateau 2,600 feet high, and contains a sacred tank which is
considered to be the source of the river Tapti. The real source of the
river is, however, two miles distant. Excluding 364 square miles of
Government forest, 75 per cent, of the available area is occupied for
cultivation. The cultivated area in 1903-4 was 557 square miles-
The demand for land revenue in the same year was Rs. 1,16,000, and
for cesses Rs. 13,000. The tahsil consists mainly of poor rolling
upland, with rich patches of fertile soil in the valleys, and is bordered
by rugged hills to the north and south.
Multan Division.—South-western Division of the Punjab, forming
a wedge between the North-West Frontier Province and the
State of Bahawalpur. It lies between 28 0 25' and 33 0 13' N. and
69 0 19' and 73 0 39' E. The Sutlej divides it from Bahawalpur on
the south-east, while the Indus flows partly through the Division and
partly along its border to the west. The head-quarters of the Commissioner
are at Multan or, in the hot season, at Fort Munro. The
Division was abolished in 1884, but reconstituted in 1901. In 1881
the population of the area now included was 2,036,956, in 1891 it
had risen to 2,277,605, and in 1901 to 3,014,675. The total area is