334 H. Gr. Raverty— The Mihrdn of Sind and its Tributaries. [Ex. No. 
“ After having crossed the united Chin-ab and Wihat, half a 
huroh farther west is another large ndlah , as large as a quarter or more 
of the channel of the Wihat. It comes from the river from the right 
hand (north), runs towards the left (south), and abreast of Kot Mapal 
unites with the Ohin-ab. Between this great ndlah and the Ohin-ab 
is a large extent of land some three huroh in breadth; and its inhabi¬ 
tants are Baluchis of the Almani branch, who pay allegiance to Kabir 
Khan, Sial, the ruler of Jhang-i-Sialan, one of the two chiefs of that 
great tribe. The chief village of these Almanis is called Almani after 
them. As the large ndlah above referred to is very tortuous, it is known 
by the name of Kputli ). 8S1 
“ Having passed this ndlah , and proceeding half a huroh more to 
the westward, you reach ’All Kahanna, the name by which several 
small haryahs of the Sials of the branch known by that name are 
called. From thence you go one huroh south to Miran de Bohar, the 
name of a very large and ancient boliar tree, 822 beneath which are the 
graves of several people of the Musalman faith. From thence the 
route leads one huroh south-west to Murad da Kot, a village belonging 
to the Salbani branch of the Sial tribe. East and south of this haryah 
or village, and of the aforesaid bohar , there is a channel of great 
depth, which, running to the loft hand (south-south-westwards), unites 
with the Ohin-ab. It is stated that this is an ancient channel of the 
Wihat; and save in the rainy season, 828 it is fordable in some places, 
but at other times, you have to cross it over bridges. One huroh 
321 The bar—Ficus Indica. 
See note 360, page 362, where we are told in the account of the movements of 
Alexander the Great, that it is said, that “ a great banyan tree existed near the 
confluence of the Hydraotes [Rawi] with the Acesines [Ohin-ab],” and that it 
“ would bo worth while to ascertain whether there be one [after two thousand 
two hundred years and moi'e !], of great size and apparent antiquity.” Here is 
one ; but there used to be another near the ferry of Fazil Shah, at the place 
whore the two rivers united about half a century or more since, but which is 
now nearly four miles from the junction, and stood between the two rivers at the 
talcijah of a Fakir. It was famous for its great age, but not quite twenty-two 
centuries perhaps, and possessed very large trunks from one root, and hence it 
was known to the people of that part, by the name of “ Ath Mundi,” or the 
“ Eight Pillars.” 
322 The “Nulla Fhant’ > of the latest maps, probably, or what at present 
remains of it. 
323 The writer does not mean to say that there is a rainy season here, unless 
the seasons have changed since, but merely refers to the period of the rains farther 
eastwards within the influence of the monsoon. In the Panj-ab, the hot season is 
the time when the rivers are in flood or inundated, at which period in the parts 
farther east, the rainy season prevails. 
