422 H. Gr. Raverty— The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. [Ex. "No. 
or mound, visible from a distance of three or four kuroh , distant from 
the first named place a little over seven kuroli , and situated on the 
northern bank. 466 From thence running by Joeyr-i-Baluqhan, so called 
from a joeyr or lake dependent on rain in its bed, at the distance of 
another seven kuroh , the Manggu-Walali joeyr or lake in the river bed, 
also dependent on rain, is reached, and three kuroh more to Ohuhar- 
har, a large village of Musalmans, with a fort built of unburnt bricks, 
a lake, and several wells. North-west of it, distant rather less than 
two kuroh } is Dubh-li, distant six kuroh south-south-west from Bhatnir. 
This is a large village, and in the seasons of inundation the Gfhag-ghar 
reaches it [at the present time, Dliub-li is two miles and a half from 
the channel of the river]. Chuhar-har is situated in the Chitr-ang 
Zamin, and being on the border of the Bikanir and Bahawal-pur states, 
it sometimes pays allegiance to the Rajah of the former, and some¬ 
times to Bahawal Khan. The bed of the Ohitang from thence runs for 
another seven kuroh to Walh-har (_*) 466 in the Bahawal-pur territory, 
which is a fort constructed of kiln burnt bricks, situated close to its 
northern bank, and a place of some antiquity. Here its bed becomes very 
broad again.” 
Before tracing the channel of the Hakra or Wahindali farther, it 
is necessary to describe one important and peculiar feature of this great 
desert tract, extending from Bhatnir on the north, down into Sind on 
the south, and between Bikanir and Jasal-mir on the east, and the 
valley of the Mihran of Sind on the west. One of the main feeders 
of the Hakra was the Ohitang river, already described; and the hard 
ground which everywhere crops up in this great desert tract, and rings 
under the hoofs of a horse passing over it, is called Chitr-ang ( ), 
465 It is now on its south bank, or south side of its channel. 
456 Now also known as Sar-dar Garb. The writer on the “Lost River” in the 
“ Calcutta Review ” refers to this place, apparently, under the name of “ BaRwr,” 
and says that “ near here is the junction of the eastern and western arms of the Sotra 
or Hakra.” The Na’i Wal is merely the name of one of the ancient channels of the 
Sutlaj, which, like the Ohitang, Ghag-ghar, and others, was a tributary of the 
Hakra. As I understand the words Na’i Wal, they merely signify the new or 
recent channel or stream , referring to the change in the course of the Sutlaj. 
Tod says, that “ Seogurh ” was the former name of Bullur, which was “ one 
of the most ancient cities of the desert [!],” and “ like Phoolra, is a Johya posses¬ 
sion.” 
In this name ‘ b ’ and ‘ ru,’ as in others, are interchangeable, and it might be 
called and written Balh-liar, but not “ Bullur.” The usual mode of pronouncing 
the name is as above. When this and other places here mentioned were in the 
height of their prosperity, the country was not “ a desert j” for a city in a desert 
would not be inhabited. 
