342 H. G. Raverty —The Mihran of Sind and. its Tributaries. [Ex. No. 
purposes. It runs about parallel to the course of the Raw! on the 
west side, at from four to seven and eight kuroh distant from it, and 
in the neighbourhood of Farid-abad [in the Ghugherah, now the Mont¬ 
gomery, district] unites with that river. The intermediate space, which 
is known as Deg Rawi, is exceedingly fruitful.” 8i3 
Above the junction with the Wihat the banks of the Chin-ab are 
well defined, and during the annual inundations, except on extraordi¬ 
nary occasions, it does not overflow its banks ; but, after the junction 
of the two rivers, the bed spreads out considerably, so much so, that, 
a little lower down, it forms several belahs or islands in the sub¬ 
district of Shor Kot, which extend as far down as the junction with 
the Rawi and beyond. 
From the junction of the Wihat and Ohin-ab, locally called the 
Do-melf n the Thai, which formed the boundary of the hachohhi or hetlidr 
on the Sind-Sagar side, recedes for many miles to the westward ; 
and immediately south of Shor Kot the country appears to sink, or, in 
other words, to become much depressed. Sand-hills begin to cover it 
every here and there on either side, but especially on the side of Shor 
Kot; and there being no high land to impede or keep back the waters 
in the time of periodical inundations—for the Gondal Bxr terminates 
farther north, and the Rdr-i-Ohin-ao, is not here to be distinguished at the 
present day—and the soil being very sandy, the waters find their way 
far inland. Indeed, the whole of the lower part of the triangle con- 
343 In the time of Akbar Badshah there were two mahdlls or districts named 
Deg Rawi in the Subah of Multan, and both in the Multan Sarlcdr, one on either 
side of the Deg : one accounted in the Bari Do-ahah, and the other in the Rachin-ao. 
The first was styled the “ Mauwazi’ (plural of Mauza’J-i-Deg Rawi,” which 
mahdll was assessed at the very low rate of 50,147 dams in money, but there were 
only 867 bigahs and 14 biswahs of land under cultivation ; while the other, along 
with 4-ruj-pur, formed two mahdlls under the name of “ T-ruj-pur and Deg Rawi.” 
These were assessed in the sum of 23,77,300 dams in money, but then there were 
37,230 bigahs of land under cultivation. The inhabitants wrnre Khar’ls, who were 
entered as liable to furnish 200 horsemen, and 2,000 foot as militia. 
In the present day, when the Deg overflows its banks, which are below the 
level of the surrounding country, it inundates the tracts around ; but its floods, like 
the inundations of the Rawi, have decreased from what they used in former times 
to be, and the channel, from all accounts, appears to have decreased in breadth 
and increased in depth. The supposition that the Deg ever ran as far as Kot 
K am all ah is quite impossible, with the high bank of the Rawi intervening, but its 
waters in time of floods may have reached as far down as that part. The decrease 
of water may be attributed to the increase of cultivation farther north, and the 
consequent demand for more water. 
344 Mel, in Sanskrit, means ‘ union,’ ‘ association,’ ‘ combination,’ etc. Do, of 
course, means ‘ two.’ See also note 337, page 378. 
