The Imperial Gazetteer of India Sirohi to Zumkha

D. ADDITIONAL MEMBER OF THE VICEROY’S LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF STATISTICS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA; VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA HONORARY OR FOREIGN MEMBER OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF NETHERLANDS INDIA AT THE HAGUE OF THE INSTITUTO VASCO DA GAMA OF PORTUGUESE INDIA OF THE DUTCH SOCIETY IN JAVA AND OF THE ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY LONDON HONORARY FELLOW OF THE PU [...] It is bounded on the north-east by the District of Firozpur and the Native State of Patiala on the west by the river Sutlej (Sad* on the soutwest by the Native States of Bahawalpur and Bikaner (Bickaneer) and on the east by the District of Hissar. [...] (2) The 21/d/i or Ghaggar valley including the Sotar valley with its hard alluvial clay soil and the present valley of the Ghaggar with the villages enclosed between the two valleys and the neighbouring high land belonging to the Ghaggar villages or enclosed between them and the boundary of the District. [...] The Bikaner annals tell of incessant struggles of the Hindu Rajputs of that State with the Jaiyas and Bhattis for the possession of Bhatner and sometimes of Sirsa ; and the chronicles of Patiala are full of raids and counter-raids between the Sikh Jats and their hereditary foes the Bhattis. [...] On the defeat of Thomas by Bourquin at Hinsi in 1802 the whole of this tract was held to have come under the power of the Marithas ; and in 1803 after the battle of Laswari Sindhia by the treaty of Sirji Anjengdon ceded Sirsa along with the Delhi territory on this side the Jumna to the British.