'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.' [‎357] (399/476)

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enter Sinde, and, accordingly, it seems to be thenceforward exclu
sively spoken ot as the Duryae Sinde, which we must interpret the
river of Sinde, though, in reality, it signifies the sea of Sinde. That
is, however, used metaphorically to convey an idea of its magnitude.
Trom the spot at which the Indus receives such a vast addition to
its waters, by the Punjnud disemboguing into it, 1 am informed that
it flows south-south-west, almost without a curve, for a distance of
one hundred and sixty miles, passing the cities of Sukor, Rohree, and
Bhukor; the latter being situated on an island in the midst of the
stream. Seventeen miles to the southward of these places it sends off
a branch to the westward, that forms a circuit, and rejoins the main
body at the town of Sehwan, fifty miles lower down than where it is
disengaged. This branch is known by the two different names of
the Kumburgundee and Larkhanu river; which last it derives from
running past the town of that name, and in one place it expands into
a lake, ten or twelve miles across, that lies immediately at the foot
of the Brahooick mountains, and has its edges overgrown with im
penetrable jnngul and reeds, the haunt of lions and other ferocious
animals. The district of Chandookee, that is encompassed and
fertilized by this branch, is the finest in the territories of the Umeers,
who receive from it a revenue of eight lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. per annum, *
an amount, not equal to one half what it was thirty-five years ago.
To the eastward, about half way between Bhukor and Sehwan, the
Indus receives a tributary stream that is generally called the Khyr-
poor river, from running near that town, as far as which, boats of
light burthen navigate in the rains. Its proper name, I am told, is
the name of the centre one, or Chunaub. The fourth river is the Beah, and the fifth the
Sutledge. These two, when united, form the Hyphasis of ancient geography. They are
sometimes known by the name of the Sutledge, but most frequently, now a-days, called
the Gurru, or Gurrah. They run into the Chunaub, in latitude 29° 10' north, longitude
71° 28' east, and the whole receive the title of the " Punjnud," or " five streams," until
they enter the Indus, as stated in the text.
* One hundred thousand pounds sterling.