380 H. G. Raverty —The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. [Ex. No. 
The high bank of the Biah is well-defined all the way down, espe¬ 
cially from Jalal-abad and Fath-abad, above the present point of junc¬ 
tion of the Biah and Sutlaj near Hari ke Patan ; but, on the southern, 
right, or Hariari, Nili, or Gharah side, after their junction, and thus 
forming that river, the plateau, from the high bank of the dry Biah, 
is much more abrupt, especially on the north-east side, some eighteen 
miles east of Sayyid-Walah 339 in the direction of Lahor. From thence 
it is w T ell defined all the way downwards as far as the supposed position 
of the mauza > of Shah Nawaz, referred to in the account of Amir 
Timur’s campaign, about seven miles north-east of Din Muhammad ka 
Tibbah (vul. “ Tibba ” and “Tibbee”)—The mound or knoll of Din 
Muhammad—which name was Still known towards the close of the 
last century, before the Biah and Sutlaj each deserted their own beds 
to unite midway and form this new river, the Hariari or Nili, as it is 
called in the upper part of its course, and Ghallu-Gharah and Gharah 
in the lower part, in the Multan district and the Bahawal-pur territory. 
The breadth of this high central plateau or bar, from the two high 
banks, varies from about twenty-seven miles north of Kasur, where it com¬ 
mences, towards Lalior, to seventeen miles between Noh-sharah Sara’e 
and Ohunhian lower down ; while below that again, near Sath Garh, 
in some few places, it is not more than eight, but the average is about 
ten miles. It soon, however, begins to increase in breadth again ; and 
immediately south of Hurappah, 390 which it is close to on the south, 
389 At present, Sayyid-Walah is only a little over a mile from the right or 
north bank of the ltawi. 
890 When my Survey record was written, the Rawi passed much nearer to 
Sayyid-Walah than at present. Great changes also have occurred between Hinjaraun 
and Chunhian (“ Choonian” of the maps), some large villages that then existed having 
now disappeared. Hurappah was then described as still a large town ; and the 
Eawi ran much closer to Kot Kamaliah than at the present day. That river flowed 
then between seven or eight miles east and south from Bhachehuki (the “ Bhoochoke ” 
of the maps), while now it is only between two and three miles from it. At the 
same period it flowed within two miles of Kha’e (the “ Khaye ” of the maps), but 
now it is a little nearer. 
Cunningham, full of Alexander and Hwen Thsang, identifies “ Harapa ” 
(writing the name from ear) as, “ another city of the Malli, into which a great body 
of Indians had fled for safety,” and the chief reason for it seems because of “ the 
mention of marshes,” which “ shows it must have been near the Ravi,” but there 
ore plenty of marshes elsewhere. Another reason given is “ because the city of 
the Malli must have been beyond Kot Kamalia [not mentioned by the Greeks : it 
is a Musalman name] that is to the east or south of it. It is situated on the 
opposite high bank of the Ravi.” 
Alexander Burnes on his route to Labor went “ to visit a ruined city,” four 
miles inland from the Rawi, and to “ inspect the ruins of an ancient city, called 
