338 H. G. Raverty— The Mihrdn of Sind and its Tributaries. [Ex. No. 
stands, and through openings in which the Oliin-ab at present cuts its 
way, extends as far as Sangala, or at least, rocky waves of the same for¬ 
mation, rising to a height of some two hundred feet and more, on the 
part on which the remains of this old stronghold stands. 
“ The Rind Baluchis once held part of the Sandal Bar , and bred 
numerous herds of camels and other cattle, but they were subsequently 
driven out by the Bharwanah Sials. 
“ The Grondal Bar, so called after a tribe of Jats of that name, but 
some account them Bhatis, extends from the termination of the 
Sandal Bar on the south-west, and runs in much the same direction 
between the Chin-ab on the one side, and to the Rawi, close to Kot 
Kamaliah, on the other. 331 It extends downwards towards Shor Kot 
and the lower part of the Do-abah. It is about thirty huroh in length 
from north-east to south-west, and about twenty in breadth.” When 
the Survey I have been quoting from was made, this Bar was a dense 
jangal , in which water was difficult to obtain, and the inhabitants few ; 
but the remains of old wells, and the ruins of ancient buildings, show 
clearly that, in by-gone times, it must have been in a flourishing con¬ 
dition and well peopled. 
“ The Ganji Bar is another elevated tract or plateau of waste-land, 
part of which lies between the old banks of the Rawi and the Biah. 
Consequently, it is in both the Rachin-ab and Bari Do-abahs, and is about 
twenty huroh in length from east to west, and nearly fifteen in breadth 
from north to south. It extends in one direction towards Buchian 
Malliian, to Yum ki in another ; and in another direction approaches 
near to Asraur, also called Saraur, and to Shah-Zadah, 838 and in this tract 
Hafiz-abad, Shaiklio-purali, and other towns are situated. It is called 
Ganji on account of the denseness of the jangal , and close proximity 
of the trees to each other. The inhabitants belong- to the Bhati tribe. 
This Bar from its elevated position is the most sterile and arid of the 
whole of the Ghugherah district lying in the Rachiu-ao Do-abah. 
present (sic) lies near Pind Dadan Khan, says : “ No Chaniut can be found ; perhaps 
it is Battiut, south-east of Attok, by a slight mistake in writing.” Wonderful 
geographical information this ! See note 361, page 366, for one of the reasons men¬ 
tioned by Babar Badsliah. 
331 in going from Kot Kamaliah across to Jhang-i-Sialan, the Gondal Bar 
and the Sandal Bar have to be crossed. 
As another specimen of the incorrect manner in which names of places are 
inserted in our best maps, and become the “ official form” of the names, and not 
the true one, this place appears in the India Atlas map as “ Sujaduh .” Shah-Zadah 
is an old place, and was in former times the principal town of the district. As 
it was the head-quarters of the tribe of Hinjaraun, it is also known as Shah- 
Zadah-i-Hinjaraun, or Shah-Zadah of the Hinjarauns. 
