The Imperial Gazetteer of India Indore to Kardong

The Indus rises in an unexplored region on the northern slopes of the sacred Kailas Mountain the Elysium of ancient Sanskrit literature ; and as the Sutlej (Satlej) is in the Aryan tradition supposed to issue from the mouth of a crocodile so the Indus is said to spring from the mouth of a lion. [...] In 1861 the Company had 3 steamers and 9 barges on the river ; but as the river current proved too powerful for the steamers the Company stopped the traffic and eventually collapsed: For the conservancy of the river Act i. of 1863 (Bombay) provides for the registration of vessels and the levy of pilotage fees by an officer called the Conservator and Registrar of the Indus the sum realized [...] Each villager had the right of investing his capital in the general working of the fishery and received a share in the out-turn at the end of the season proportionate to the sum subscribed. [...] From the eastward in independent territory north of Bhamo the Irawadi receives the waters of the Shimai the Moulay and the Taping ; south of Bhamo it is increased by the waters of the Shwe-li Kyin-dwin Myit-nge and Pan-baung.20 IRA WADI. [...] The valley of Ava begins below the third defile and lies entirely on the east side of the Iiawadi ; the range of the Minmin Hills terminating at Sagain opposite Ava hems the river closely in on the west.