194 EEMATNS OF ALLORE. 



soon after the divergence of the stream the 

 population of Allore began to migrate to Roree. 

 This seems probable enough, but Allore must 

 still have been a city of some importance in the 

 reign of Acbar, as it is mentioned by Abul Fazel 

 in the Ayeen Alehery, as one of the twenty- eight 

 places which were then allowed the privilege of 

 a mint for copper coin. It may therefore, I 

 think, reasonably be inferred that Allore was 

 still considered the most important city in that 

 newly conquered Province, or tlie preference 

 would have been given to Roree or Sukkur. 



Passinof the tomb-covered heiorhts above V\,o- 

 ree in an easterly direction for five miles or so, 

 one comes upon a bridge about 500 feet in 

 length, over what must have been a branch of 

 the Indus, though it never could have been the 

 main channel of the river. In the bed of this 

 channel are two stones, bearing an inscription 

 to the effect that they were set up by ]\Iahomed 

 Masum to mark the ancient course of the river. 

 The bridge itself was also probably built by 

 that munificent nobleman. A little beyond the 

 bridge is a miserable village, and farther on a 

 stony ridge covered with ruins, such being all 

 that now remains of Allore, or Arore, a Hindoo 



