1840.] Kurrachee, Tatta, and Sehwan, Scinde, 913 



Killa ka Kote is three miles south of Tatta (built by the Newabs 

 Killa ka Kote. from Delhi, it is said.) 



There are several traditions respecting it; 1 take the following 

 Kaffir Killa. accouut and sketch of it from my Journal, kept during 

 the Scinde Mission, April 14, 1832. 



'' This evening we landed near the town of Sehwan, and after visiting 

 a ruined Eadgah, which at a distance we mistook for the fort built by 

 Alexander, or rather said to have been built by him, we discovered 

 by the aid of two Scindians that the mound was north-west of the town, 

 through a part of which we walked and ascended the fort. It is an 

 artificial mound, eighty or ninety paces high ; on the top, a space of 1 500 

 feet by 800 surrounded by a broken wall ; we examined the remains 

 of several old towers of brick, and I took a hasty sketch of the gateway, 

 which is remarkably lofty. The mound is evidently artificial, and the 

 remains of several towers visible. The brickwork seems to extend to 

 the bottom of the mound, or at any rate to a considerable depth, as we 

 could see down the parts washed away by the rains. A well filled up, 

 was observed. We were told that coins and medals were frequently found 

 on and near the place, but we were not so fortunate as to obtain any." 



I regret now having had so little time to devote to the examination 

 of this fort, but think the period of its construction is not of so an- 

 cient a date as is ascribed to it. 



The resources of the country, as far as grain, cloth, &c. are concerned, 



Resources, are drawn from the large towns near the river, and its vici- 

 nity. Cattle, sheep, goats, and camels, are abundant in the desert tract. 



Grain is brought from Tatta and Sehwan ; bajary, wheat, and rice, 

 principally brought from Larkhanna. Grass is abundant along the 

 river, and in the hills N. E. of Kurrachee. A supply should be cut 

 and stacked in September and October,^ for the Scindians merely bring 

 in the daily supply. 



At Tatta — cloth, loongies, and carpets ; at Sehwan, carpets, and the 



Manufactures, caps worn by the Scindians at Kurrachee. I am in- 

 formed many articles of the same sort are made. 



Skins and hides, raw and tanned, are exported to Arabia and Bom- 

 bay. The report on Kurrachee includes this subject. 



The only one near Kurrachee is the Peer Munjah Musjeia, and 

 Curiosities, hot springs, 9 miles N.E. of Kurrachee. The hot 



