1892,] H. G. Raverty —The Mihran of Sind and its Tributaries. 473 
Garh, about seventy-six miles South-south-west of U'chchh, at L)osh-i-Ab 
— dosh is a Tajzik word signifying ‘ a place of meeting:’ the Waters 
Meet — this Panch ISTad united with the Hakra and its tributaries, and 
formed the Mihran of Sind. From thence the great river continued its 
course in much the same direction as before, for about thirty-six miles 
more; and then, between Kanclharali or Kandharo (“ Kundairoh ” of 
the maps) and Wanjh-rut, just sixty-four miles north-north-east of 
Aror, separated into two channels, one of which, the lesser in volume, 
passing Wanjh-rut a little to the north, flowed more westwards towards 
Aror, which it passed about two miles or less on the east. Rebutted by 
the rocky range of hills, at the eastern foot of which, and into the plain 
eastward, where the city lay, it turned to the south, and united with the 
main river thirty-seven miles lower down. After the separation above 
noticed, the main stream, keeping more towards the south than before, 
near the present village of Sayyidali, the “ Saida ” of the maps, was 
again joined by the other branch from Aror. From thence, where the 
valley opens out considerably, it continued to flow in much the same 
south-south-westerly direction as before, until at a point forty-eight 
miles as the crow flies, lower down, where the country becomes almost 
a dead level towards the south, and also towards the west, it again 
separated into two channels, the main branch flowing in much the same 
direction as before, but becoming more tortuous in its course, passed 
near Bahman-abad or Bahman-nih on the east. The other branch 
turning more towards the west into the flat open tract I have before 
noticed, passed between Bahman-abad and Siw-istan, about mid-way, 
then bending southwards, and subsequently south-eastwards, re-united 
with the main river some miles north-east of Badin, and fell into the 
sea by one mouth near Shakara, about two days’ journey from Debal or 
Dewal, the ancient sea-port of Sind, on the east, where the river was 
chiefly known as the Hakra, Wahind Sagar, or Sind-Sagar, as well as 
Mihran of Sind and Great Mihran. 
Subsequent to the conquest of Sind and Multan by the ’Arabs, 545 
Edwardes continues: “When Ranjit Singh first came that way — probably 
when he went to Lukkee in Mnrwnt — he opened a way through the jangle [the 
alluvial tract he mentioned had become covered with a high jangal of reeds, tiger 
grass, and tamarisk] for his army by putting four elephants abreast. # * * In one 
part of Esaukheyl the Indus has -within the last few years cut off a considerable 
slice, and made an adjacent island of it. The zumindars \_zaminddrs — landowners] 
clung to their land with the usual tenacity, and actually established two villages 
on the island. Occasionally the Indus rose and overwhelmed the island, when both 
colonies took boat and retired to the mother country, Esaukheyl, but emigrated 
again as soon as ever the island re-appeared.” 
546 The Balazarf, who wrote in 270 H (883-81 A.D.), states, that when the 
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