1892.] H. G. Raverty —The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. 441 
‘‘ To the south of Mung Ala,” according to my Survey account, 
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“ is the river called the Ohliu-hey ( ). Some say it is the Patna- 
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lah river, which passes one kuroh west of Samanah, and unites with 
the Ghag-ghar, and, that in the district and neighbourhood of Samanah, 
they call it the Suweti; but, according to the most trustworthy ac¬ 
counts, it is the Ghag-ghar, the waters of which, through the closing 
of the hand or dyke of Jamal-pur in this same district, spread out [in 
that direction].” 490 
The closing of this land or dyke appears to have tended to the 
formation of the present southern-most of the two channels into which 
the Ghag-ghar now separates east of Mung Ala; for, at the time of 
the Survey here quoted, “the Ghag-ghar,” it is stated, “flows towards 
the west in one channel, and winding considerably, to Rutiah, situated 
close to its south bank, and Kulotah, close by on the north.” 491 
“is a dependency of Dikii, and they likewise call it Banjar, that is to say KhushTc 
[signifying, in Persian, and used in the Urdu dialect], dry, arid, etc., (see 
preceding note 489),” but hart, from which the name is supposed to be derived, is 
from Sanskrit, and that signifies ‘ green,’ etc.. Harianah extends in length from 
Bahadur Garh to the Firuzah Hisar more tl an one hundred kuroh in length, and in 
breadth, from the river Ghag-ghar to Mewiit, about the same distance. It contains 
excess of sandy waste and uncultivated tracts and jangal. It is not usual to build 
fortifications, forts, or walled towns, or villages, but around each inhabited place 
they set up branches of thorns to about twice the height of a man, dig a ditch 
around it, and consider this sufficient. In defending such places these people mani¬ 
fest great bravery. 
“The inhabitants are Jats, Gujars, Ranghars, Ara’fns, Hans, and Afghans. The 
latter began to settle here during the rule of Sultan Ghiyas-ud-Din, Balban, the Ilbari 
Turk ruler of Dehlf, who was the first to entertain Afghans in his pay, and, subsequent¬ 
ly, during the time of Afghan rulers. On account of the difficult nature of the country 
these tribes have become rebellious to the authority of any ruler [that was when 
the author wrote, about a century ago], and are a source of trouble and difficulty 
on account of their lawlessness and excesses. * # * Without a force of cavalry, 
this territory cannot be brought under control [See following note 498]. Jfndh, 
Han si, Hisar Firuzah or the Firuzah Hisar, Agrohah, Fath-abad, Jamal-pur, Tihwa- 
nah, Kaithal, Miham, Bhawani, Ohirkhi, Dadri, Biri, Nangali, Kharkhoda, Jajh-har 
Rohtak, Kohanah, Bainsi, etc., are its principal towns. Hisar Firuzah, Hansf, 
Agrohah, Fath-abad, Jamal-pur, Tihwanah, and some other places in that direction, 
are in a state of ruin and desolation through the rapine of the Sikhs, and the 
tyranny and lawlessness of the Bhatis.” 
490 At the present time (that is, when the “ Indian Atlas ” map was made) the 
Chhuhey passes two miles and a half east of Mung Ala, and unites with the Ghag- 
ghar about the same distance south-east of that place, and just two miles west of 
Makodar (“ Mukodur ” of the maps), immediately north of which the Ghng-gh 
flowed, and still flows. 
491 It now passes south of it. 
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