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haps, excelled in climate and vegetation by no province of India, The 

 soil is light, but very produ<5live : the country, which is open and level, 

 abounds in every kind of grain. That want of water, which is so much 

 felt in other parts of India, must be here unknown ; as it is found every 

 where in abundance, within two, or, at furthest three feet, from the sur- 

 face of the soil. The towns of Jalcndra and Sultdnpiir are the principal in 

 the Dudb, 



The country between the Beyah and Ravi rivers, is called Bdri Dudb, 

 or Mdnj'hd ; and the Sikhs inhabiting it are called Mdnj'hd Sink, The 

 cities of Lahore and Amritsar are both in this province, and it becomes, in 

 consequence, the great centre of the power of this nation. Ranjit SinfT, 

 of Lahore, Fateh Sinh,* of Alluwdl, and Jud'h Sinh, of Rdmgadid,-f are 

 the principal chiefs of this country. 



The country of Bdri is said to be less fertile, particularly towards the 

 mountains, than Jalendra; but as it lies on the same level, it must possess 

 nearly the same climate and soil. 



The inhabitants of the country between tlie Rdvi and Chanhdb, are 

 called D'harpi Sinh, from the country being called D'harpi. The D'hani" 

 gheb Sinh are beyond the Chanhdh,X but within the Jehalam river. 



The ^/^^ S/w/z is the term, by which the Inhabitants of the distrifts^ 



under the Sikhs, bordering on the Sind, are known ; and J^akdi Sinh is 



^ the name given to the Sikhs who reside in Multdn. With the leaders of 



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, * Fateh Sinh is, like Ranjit Sinh, of a Jnt family. 



i JuD*H Sink, of Kamgactiu, is of the carpenter cast. 



% Tiie term Gujarat Sink is sometimes given to the iubabitants of tills Diiclb, of whicli 

 the chiefs of Gtyarat and Rolds are the priucipal rulers. 



