Punjab District Gazetteers. Rawalpindi District 1907

The district is one of the five districts of the Itiwalpindi Division and comprises the eastern half of the rough plain eountry which lies between the Jhelum and the Indus and underneath the hills of Hazara along with a mountainous portion in the north-east corner. [...] On the north the Abbottabad and Haripur Tahsils of the Hazara District on the west the Attock and Fatehjang Tahsils of the Attock District and on the south the Chakwal and Jhelum Tahsils of the Jhelum District bound the district which lies between 82° 6' and 34° l' north latitude and 72° 47' and 78° 42' east longitude. [...] It includes the whole of the Gujar Khan Tahsil except the small corner on the east traversed by the hills on the bank of the Jhelum the south-east portion of the Rawalpindi Tahsil and the south-west portion of the Kahuta Tahsil. [...] On the west it includes the rich plains near Rawalpindi which are the most fertile spots in the whole district but the general characteristic of the tract is the low hills and outcrops of rock from the Murree hills on the north and this is reflected in the name Kandhi or bank referring to the foot hills of the Himalayas. [...] Judging from the size of the place it is probably the site of the inhabited part of the city in the time of liwen Thsang.