406 H. G. Raverty— The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. [Ex. No. 
with the Biah, and to form one river under the name of “ Galougara ” 
or “ Setleje ” (here making the usual mistake), which afterwards unites 
with the “ Indus or Sinde,” at “Veh,” a place not known (at present 
certainly, nnd I cannot imagine from whence he obained it), which he 
places a short distance north-west of Sit-pur, and thirty-five miles 
below ITchchh; while the Chin-ab and its tributaries, forming the 
Panch Nad or Panj-Ab, are made to run close under the walls of Multan 
on the west side, which it never did. He had heard of the facts res¬ 
pecting the different rivers as they then flowed, and w T hich I have been 
here relating, but, unfortunately, lie possessed not the local knowledge 
necessary, neither had he the benefit of actual surveys to go by, nor 
history to guide him, except the History of Timur contained in P. de la 
Croix’s work, and therefore, he is deserving of much credit for what he 
was able to accomplish from reports. The high bank or dandah , 
marking the last independent channel of the Sutlaj appears in his map 
as the “ Chalescouteli Hills,” but they are only made to commence a 
little east of Ajuddhan, and are carried down towards Sind. Of course 
he derived this also from P. de la Croix, who says, that Amir Timur 
“ crossed the river Dena, and encamped on the hill of Chalescouteli, 423 
ten miles distant from Adjoudan.” Then, aware of the existence of 
the well defined high bank or great dandah , Rennell, at once appears 
to have converted it into the “ Chalescouteli ” range of liills, because 
Khalis Kotlah, the Pir-i-Khalis of the present time, lay in that direc¬ 
tion. The dandah is eighteen miles south-east of Ajuddhan, but P. de 
la Croix, in his extracts from the Zafar Namah, makes a huroh a mile 
only, while it is equal to a mile and three quarters. 
Lower down again than the Firuz-pur district, both in the Ghu- 
gherah or Montgomery, and Multan districts, the Machhu-Wali, 
Hariari, Nili, or Gharah has no high or defined bank, like that repre¬ 
sented by the dandah or high bank of the Sutlaj, and the whole tract 
of country extending from the banks of the Hariari, Nili, or Gharah 
to the commencement of the high plateau marking the extreme point 
l eached by the Biah. before it deserted its old channel, rises but very 
slightly, and is of comparative recent formation. 
Of late years this river has set against the extreme southern point 
of the Gliugherah district, and the inundations have decreased con¬ 
siderably. This last, however, may be caused by the opening of new 
canals and utilizing old ones, and a greater expenditure of water for 
irrigation purposes, consequent on a settled government. The bank 
on one side is abrupt in many places, but it is not more than from ten 
423 See page 285. 
