416 H. G. Raver ty —The Mihran of Sind and its Tributanes. [Ex. No. 
sufficient volume, with, its other tributaries, to reach Lar or Lower 
Sind, under the names of Sankra or Sankrah and Sind-Sagar, as well 
as Hakra or Wakindali. 
The channel of what is now called the Narah ( vul . “ Narra ”), 
which is said to be only well defined, or rather, “ to commence ” near 
Fakir-abad, is merely the remains of the westernmost and lesser of the 
two branches, the Ra’in or Ra’ini branch — the “ Ra’ini Nalali” of the 
present day—into which the Hakra separated between Kandharah 
or Kandkaro and Wanjh-rut after it had united with its then 
tributaries at Dosh-i-Ab, and formed the “ Mihran of Sind ” or “ Great 
Mihran.” 44,7 This branch was diverted from Aror by the excavation of the 
commencement of a new channel, and the raising of a dyke at the same 
time, some twenty-six miles above that place on the east; for after this 
branch had been diverted, and had cut its way to the westward of the lime¬ 
stone range of hills where Bakhar and Rurhi afterwards rose, 443 and sub¬ 
sequently, through the Sindhu, or A'b-i-Sind deserting the Hakra, and 
other changes noticed in another place, it ceased to flow from the Hakra 
altogether. The waters of the latter, however, including the Sutlaj, 
lower down, near Kandharah or Kandharo and Wanjh-rut, again sepa¬ 
rated into two branches, one, the western and minor branch, finding its 
ally towards the boundary of the valley. That the Indus is not an exception to this 
rule will be seen on reference to the Cross Section (No. 1) across the valley at 
Sukkur, and the Profile (No. 2) showing the relative heights of the Bhawulpoor 
road and of a line nearly parallel to it, ten miles inland. A continuation of this 
process would gradually raise the level of the river-bed, until, during some extra¬ 
ordinary flood, it should burst its natural embankment and take to one of the lower 
tracts, to be, in its turn, raised and deserted. In the meantime the cross section of 
the valley would present the general features of a raised central channel with a 
depression on each side. 
“ On the east bank of the Sutlaj, from Hooper [Ruh-par] to near Bhawulpoor, 
a depression of this nature is met with, and is believed to extend in a course parallel 
to that of the Garra [Gharah] and Indus to Subzulcote [Sabzal Kot], from the 
vicinity of which it has been traced to the head of the Eastern Narra, about eleven 
miles east of Roree [Rurhi]. It receives water from the river by direct overflow 
and innumerable canals, and its drainage, though variously interrupted, is the source 
of the Narra supply.” “Report on the upper portion of the Eastern Narra : ” 
Bombay Government Records, 1857. 
This last part is not quite exact. Near Sayyidah, the Narah unites with the 
main channel of the Hakra, called Hakro by the people of Sind, and their waters 
still unite in time of floods. 
447 After the Sindhu or Ab-i-Sind deserted the Hakra for good, the name 
“ Mihran of Sind ” or “ Great Mihran,” applied to the whole of the rivers after 
their junction at Dosh-i-Ab, fell into disuse, and the names Hakra, Wahindah, and 
Sankrah were again generally applied. 
443 At this period, no river separated Bakhar from Rurhi, as in after times, as 
will be explained farther on j and those places then did not exist. 
