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Gazetteer of the Gujranwala District 1883-4

1884

Tho whole length of its north-western boundary is washed by the river Chentib which divides it from the districts of Gtijrat and Shahptir ; on the north-east it is bounded by the district of Sitilkot ; on the south it adjoins the Sharakpitr tahsil of the Lahore district ; and on the south-west the bar tracts of Jhang and Montgomery. [...] fringe of low land mostly composed of a fresh alluvial deposit runs from end to end of the district ranging from twba to six miles in width bounded on the north by the present river bed and ending towards the south in a well-defined hank from the summit of which the level of the country stretches practically unbroken from side to side of the district. [...] The Chinese pilgrim Hwen Thsang in A. D. 630 visited a town which he calls Tse-kia and describes as the capital of a kingdom embracing the whole of the plains of the Punjab from the Indus to the Bias and from the foot of the mountains to the junction of the five rivers below M ultin. [...] The force of General Cunningham's identification mainly hinges upon the more celebrated discovery of the site of the Singala of Alexander in the ruins at Singlawala Tibba in the Jhang district 16 miles to the south-west of Asardr. [...] On the east and south sides of the citadel the mass of ruins sinks to 10 and 15 feet in height but it is twice the size of the citadel and is no doubt the remains of the old city.
government politics public policy
Pages
101
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-vi The Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter I. The District
1-10 The Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter II. History
11-19 The Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter III. The People
20-45 The Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter IV. Production and Distribution
46-64 The Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter V. Administration and Finance
65-82 The Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter VI. Towns Municipalities and Cantonments.
83-92 The Authority of the Punjab Government view