1892.] H. Gr. Raverty— The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. 379 
In some places, the slope of this high, central plateau or bar , 
marking the old high banks of the Rawi and Biah, and constituting 
the greater part of what was, and still is, known as the Bari Do-abah, 883 
namely, the tract of country between the two rivers referred to, is 
gradual from the high bank of the Biah towards the present course of 
the Rawi ; and below, towards the place of junction of that river with 
the Chin-ab, it melts imperceptibly into the lowland or hethdr below the 
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farther south again, Shor Kot is 10 feet lower than Jhang, 70 feet higher than 
Ghugherah, 00 feet higher than Montgomery, about 55 feet higher than Hnrappah, 
and 50 feet higher than Debal-pur. 
Then again, if we draw another line across from Shor Kot to Ajuddhan or the 
Pak Pattan, we find that that place, which at present is seven miles west of the 
Hariari, Nili, or Gharah, is 56 feet higher than Shor Kot, and 106 feet higher than 
Debal-pur farther north, 126 feet higher than Ghugherah, and 116 feet higher than 
Montgomery; while Ghugherah, Montgomery, and Debal-pur are respectively, 
70, 60, and 50 feet lower than Shor Kot. 
Still farther south, Sidhu ki Sara’e is 170 feet lower than Shor Kot, 100 feet 
lower than Ghugherah, 80 feet lower than Debal-pur, 226 feet lower than the Pak 
Pattan, and 440 feet lower than Ohandan-ot; while Multan is 88 feet above Sidhu 
ki Sara’e, which latter is 98 feet lower than Ghugherah, and 214 feet lower than 
the Pak Pattan. 
Going towards the southern extremity of the Bari Do-abah, Mailsi, near the 
Gharah, is just 2 feet lower than Multan, but it is 10 feet lower than Sidhu ki 
Sara’e on the Rawi; while Shuja’-abad and Lohdran, distant about six or seven 
miles respectively from the Chin-ab and Gharah, are both on the same level, being 
380 feet above the sea, but 20 feet lower than Mailsi, and 22 feet lower than 
Multan, Shuja’-abad and Lohdran, consequently, are the lowest of all the places 
mentioned ; and the difference between them and Ohandan-ot, the highest of all, 
is 451 feet. It will also be noticed that the country round Ghugherah near the 
Rawi is considerably depi-essed, and that this depression continues along the valley 
of the Rawi to its present junction with the Chin-ab. The general slope of the tract 
of country herein embraced is southwards and south-westwards from Ohandan-ot, 
and the greatest fall is from thence to Shuja’-abad on one side, and from the Pak 
Pattan to Lohdran on the other. 
333 This refers only to the tract of country between the banks of the Biah 
and the Rawi, which is also called Manjhah higher up. 'I he lands on either side 
of the Hariari, Nili, or Gharah, extending about five or six miles along either bank, 
is known as Ohhoti Kachchhi, which, in the last century, extended down as far as 
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