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Gazetteer of the Province of Sind

1876

This will account in some measure for the difference in spelling of several names in the Introduction as compared with those in the alphabetical portion the sheets of the former having all been struck off before the revised list of names was approved of A map of the Province of Sind accompanies the Gazetteer. [...] Boundaries and Extent.—The province of Sind is bounded on the north by the territory of His Highness the Khan of Kelät and by portions of the Panjab and of the Bahawalpur State; on the east by the Rajput States of Jaisalmir and Jodhpur (or Marwar); on the south by the Rann of Kachh and the Indian Ocean ; and on the west by the territory of His Highness the Khan of Kelat. [...] In the first case from the setting of the stream against the bank the canals get more water at the early part of the season but from the silting up of their mouths less during the latter part. [...] The setting of the stream against the bank combined with the endless alterations that take place in the bed of the river sometimes cause a difference of two feet in the level of the water at particular spots ; and from this and the actual difference in volume of the inundation each season previously explained a most extraordinary difference is caused in the quantity of Water which enters the c [...] The boundaries of this Hindu kingdom are said to have been Kashmir and Kanauj on the east Makran and the seashore of Oman on the west the port of Surat (Surashtra) on the south and Kandahar Sistan and the Suleman and Kaikanan hills on the north and it was divided into four divisions each of which was under the rule of a governor.
government politics public policy
Pages
970
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-x A.W. Hughes view
Chapter I. General Description
1-22 A.W. Hughes view
Chapter II. Early History of Sind
23-48 A.W. Hughes view
Chapter III. Sind Under British Rule
49-64 A.W. Hughes view
Chapter IV. Civil Administration
65-84 A.W. Hughes view
Chapter V. Miscellaneous
85-xi A.W. Hughes view
Appendices
871-928 A.W. Hughes view
Index
929-946 A.W. Hughes view