396 H. G. Raverty —The Mihrdn of Sind and its Tributaries . [Ex. No. 
now by what is called the Sukhh M’e or “ Dry Stream,” 416 which flowed 
a little west of Lolidran, but subsequently shifted nearer towards Jahil- 
pur, a short distance farther west. The channel called “ Nulla Bias ” 
in the maps, a little east of Ludhan, appears to have been connected 
with it. 
The surface of the country south of the banks of the Sulla]—I 
refer to it before its junction with the Biah— is a dead flat, and 
throughout the Firuz-pur district, and farther south into Sind, without 
a hillock of any kind until the sand hills of the registdn or sandy desert 
are reached, with the exception of a few dreary looking sand hills to the 
south and south west, the remains probably of some high bank or 
dandah of ancient times. It also slopes towards the south and south¬ 
west, but more so in the latter direction, through which part the 
Hariari, Machliu-Wah, Nili, or Gharah now flows, from about 727 feet 
above sea-level at Dullo-Walah to 545 feet near Fir-i-Khalis: 340 at 
the junction of the Gharah with the Chin-ab; and 335 at the junction 
of the Panch Nad or PanjAb with the Ab-i-Sind or Indus. 
The following is the Survey record account of the Sutlaj, as it 
flowed in the last century, and its subsequent junction with the Biali. 
“ The Sutlaj, properly called Sutlaj ( but, from constant 
use, Sutlaj ), flows out of the Tcohistdn of Bhutant ( ), and 
from the hoh of Sir Khand and Kahlur, the chief place of which is 
Bilas-pur. One bank lies in Hindustan, and the other in the Panj-ab 
territory. After issuing from the hills it separates into two branches ; 
and, having passed below Makho-Wal and Kirat-pur, the branches 
again unite near Ruh-par (“ Rooper,” “ Ropar,” and “ Roopur ” of the 
maps and Gazetteers). After this, it passes under Bahlul-pur (“ Bliilol- 
poor ” of the maps), Machhi-Warah, Ludhianah, and Tiharah, and near 
the village of Loh-Wal ( J lj orLohi-Wal (<Jtj ), a dependency 
of Haibat-pur Pati, unites with the Biah. Both rivers then lose their 
names, and the united streams are known as the Machhu-Wali j-psr /0 ) 
and Hariari [Abii-l-Fazl’s u Harihari.”] They again separate into 
two 417 branches, and after flowing separately for about one hundred 
416 This is not the Sukhh Na’e referred to at page 386. “ Dry Channel,” as the 
words mean in the original, are applicable to any dried up channel or water course, 
hence, if not explained, so many similarly styled might cause confusion. 
417 Prom this it appears that the Sukhh Na’e and Sukhh Biah, had already ceased 
to be perennial streams. We must not presume, however, to assume that those two 
branches flowed precisely then as now, because the river, as now constituted, never 
runs exactly in the same course two years following, for the change is constant. 
Thero are the remains of an old branch still known as the Hariari, but nearly 
obliterated, which ran south to the Sutlaj when it flowed in what is now known 
as the Dandah, as mentioned at page 372. It is again noticed farther on. 
