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Punjab District Gazetteers. Montgomery District with Maps 1933

1935

The Ravi now forms the north-western boundary for the whole length of the District with the District of Lyallpur on its further bank ; similarly on the south-east runs the River Sutlej dividing the District from the Bahawalpur State and the Ferozepore District. [...] The extent to which canal irrigation has changed the character and even the physical aspects of the District can best be realised by a reading of the following extract from the last edition of the Gazetteer (1898-99) :- Almost in the middle of the District is the Bari Dosb a ridge of high land runs from north-east to south-west the whole length of the District. [...] [ VOLUME A. The Wahni ; The Sukhrawa (1) ; The Sukhrawa (2) Between the ridge and the Sutlej :— The old Beas ; The old Sohag with its off shoots— (a) The Para ; (b) The Dhadar ; The Khad ; The Ding with its branches— (a) The Bhag (b) The Dhingi (0) The Kubrar The Diwanwah The Ghag ; The Bakhilwah ; The Bisharat. [...] Not only did the stoppage of the water-supply necessarily lead to the abandonment of land irrigated by flow but it was accompanied by a serious fall in the level of the water in the wells in the vicinity of the old nalas. [...] He considers that the Sumerians probably descended into the valley of the two rivers in Mesopotamia from the highlands of Iran and Central Asia by the pass in the Zagros mountains known as the Median Gate" near the source of the river Diyala.
government politics public policy
Pages
139
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Preface
463-464 Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Chapter I.—Descriptive
465-534 Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Appendix
535-564 Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view
Index
565-600 Under the Authority of the Punjab Government view