456 H. G. Raverty —The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. [Ex. No. 
Playing united with, tin’s brand), the channel of the Hakra con¬ 
tinues to run in a south-south-westerly direction, until about five miles 
south of a small village, the “ Saida ” of the maps, but correctly 
Sayyidali, the lower portion of the channel of its western branch, 
which passed Aror on the east and then turned south before it was 
diverted from that old capital of Sind, unites with the main channel 
again. In this old western channel coming from the northwards from 
Aror, the overflow from the Ab-i-Sind or Indus now finds its way, which 
having entered the great depression near Ghaus-pur, the remains of the 
ancient channel of the united Sindhu or Ab-i-Sind, and the Sind Hud 
or Rud-i-Sind wo Hind of the Arab writers, or Pancli Nad or Panj Ab, 
finds it way, lower down, into this old channel of the diverted branch 
of the Hakra or Wahindah, and this water is, from the winding course 
it takes, locally styled the Narah or Snake, the “ Narra ” and “ Nara ” 
of the maps and Gazetteers. 
It will be noticed that the range of limestone hills, to which I have 
previously referred, rise a little north of Sakhar of the present day, 
passes on to Rurhi, and, a little beyond it, begins to bend more towards 
the south, and that on the eastern skirts thereof Aror or Alor was 
situated, and there its ruins may still be seen. This range extends 
thirty-eight miles to the south of Rurhi (Diji Kot, 52S formerly called 
Ahmad-abad, is situated on its western skirt), and farther down, is 
succeeded by sand hills, some of considerable elevation, which stretch 
away seventy-four miles farther south, lessening in height by degrees. 
This range, and these sand hills south of it, separate the present Narah 
channel or old bed of the diverted branch of the Hakra, as already 
described ; and those sand hills separate the united channels from 
what may be for convenience termed the present valley of the Indus. 
On the opposite or east bank, the sand hills of the that or thar run in 
a direction from about north-north-west to south-south-west, and the 
channel of the Hakra runs between them. According to the account 
of the old Arab writers already quoted (pages 207-211), the Rud-i-Sind 
wo Hind or Sind Raid, also called Paneh Nad and Panj Ab, having 
united with the Ab-i-Sind below Multan, still lower down, near the 
borders of the territory of Sind dependent on Aror, united with the 
Hakra or Wahindah at a place called Dosh-i-Ab or “ Meeting Place 
of Waters,” and formed the great river which was known as the 
Mihran of Sind and the Great Mihran. About thirty-six miles lower 
down, this river again separated into two branches, the easternmost 
being the main branch, and the other, that which flowed past Aror on 
522 This place is said to have been a stronghold of the Sumrahs in ancient times. 
It stands, probably, where a Sumrah stronghold once stood. 
