1892.] H. G\ Raverty —The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. 
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Sidliu Id Sara’e on the west, and between nine and ten miles to the 
east of Multan, and united with the Biah about twenty-eight miles 
south of that place. See note 349, page 347. 
Another old channel of the Chin-ab lies a few miles west of the 
one just noticed, which passed near Bukhari on the west, ran in the 
direction of south-west, passed Khiwa or Kliiwah 347 on the east, within 
a few miles of Jliang, and within three miles of Mughianah also on the 
east, and lower down united with the old channel just described. 
There is yet another old channel of the Chin-ab a few miles west 
of the present one, and traceable downwards from about Lat. 32°J2', 
which runs almost parallel to the present channel with an interval of 
from eight to ten miles between at the broadest part, passes within 
ten miles north-west of Chandan-ot, and runs towards Kot-i-Tsa Shah 
and Kadir-pur on the Bihat or Jihlam. There can be no doubt that, 
at some previous period, the Chin-ab, or a considerable branch from 
it, ran therein, and united with the Bihat a little to the south of 
Kadir-pur above mentioned. 343 
34, 7 The Mnghiani Sials claim that this place was founded by one of their chiefs 
who was twelfth in descent from Sial, their progenitor, and that when he founded 
it, the Ohin-ab flowed to the east of it. In the last century Ohandan-ot was 
dependent on Lahor, and Khiwah on Multan. 
843 Asa specimen of the manner in which names are inserted in our maps, 
I may mention that a part of the first old channel here noticed, appears in one of 
our maps as the “ Boodh N.,” and in others as “ancient bed of the Clienab ; ” the 
second as the “ Boodi N. ; ” and the third as the “ N. Boodhee .” Of course all these 
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three different forms refer to one word, namely, biiddhi ——signifying in 
Hindi, ‘ old,’ ‘ancient,’ etc.—-or “ old or ancient channel.” 
A right understanding as to the ancient courses of the rivers of these parts 
will throw considerable light upon the movements of the Greeks in the Panj-ab 
territory and Sind. 
Curtius says, that, having turned back from the west or right bank of the 
Hyphasis [Biah] in consequence of his troops refusing to proceed farther eastwards, 
as related farther on, Alexander reached and encamped along the Acesines [Ohin- 
ab]. After this he sailed down that river towards the ocean with a thousand 
vessels, proceeding about four hundred stadia [about forty-eight miles] daily [that 
is, he probably brought up before dark, as those who even now go by the river 
routes in these parts generally do], in order to be able to land his forces at con¬ 
venient places. Then he came to the tract of country where the Hydaspes [Bihat] 
falls into the Acesines [Ohin-ab], from which he fell down the confluence of these 
rivers into the territory of the Sobii.” He then landed his forces, marched two- 
hundred and fifty stadia [about thirty miles] into the country [to the east, I pre¬ 
sume, but the author does not say which. This would be in the Bachin-ab Do-abah 
wherever the confluence may have been], took the capital, after defeating a great 
army [the undisciplined people of the country or mere rabble] of another nation 
[tribe?] drawn up on the banks to oppose his landing. He then took a town by 
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