Punjab District Gazetteers Sialkot District 1920

A fine view is obtained at Sialkot of the Pir Panjal range of the Himalayas lying on the north and' n orth -ea t. The general aspect of the district is a plain sloping down from the uplands at the base of the Himalayas to the level coutry to the south-west and the general attitude is 800 feet above sea -level. [...] The northern branch is joined by the Malkhdni Ttiwi in the nortwest of the BajwAt and the southern branoh by the Jammu Tawi at its south-eastern corner Except in times of flood the Bajwat streams are limpid and have pebbly bells said add to the charm of this green well-wooded tragt which forms a welcome relief to the brown monotony of the rest of the district.. [...] Prinsep at the time of his first settlement paid great attention to tabulating the result of the records of rainfall in the district tracing gradations in the fall proportionate to the distance of the locality from the hills. [...] Fakala was the capital or one of the capitals of the Greek kings of the House of Euthydemus and the residence of Menander (Milinda). [...] The god-warrior of the hills seems to have been removed to make way for the lion-warrior of the plains ; but the appearance of the latter was accompanied by one of those great visitations which distract kingdoms and destroy populations in the shape of one of the most terrible fainines that have ever occurred and which is remembered as the San Chdlis by the people of the district.