‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎275] (292/578)

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well defined and it has not therefore been considered necessary to demarcate it
with boundary pillars. From boundary pillar No. CXXXIX, which has been
erected on a peak on the Sarlat watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. half-way between the head of the pass
known as the Psha Pass and the head of the pass known as the Ashtarlak or
Shutarlak Pass, the boundary line leaves the crest of the Sarlat watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. and
runs south-eastwards in a straight line across the upper branches of the Sokhta
nullah to boundary pillar No. CXL, which has been erected on a peak of the
range which is here commonly known as Yahya Band which forms here the eastern
watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. of the Sokhta nullah and its upper branches. From this pomt the
boundary line continues in the same straight line to boundary pillar No. GXL1
erected on a prominent peak at the head of the nullahs known as Kuchnai Dasht
and Khatonaki. From this point the boundary line continues m the same straight
line across the upper branches of the Kurram nullah to boundary pillar No. G
erected on a peak on the crest of the watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. which divides the water draining
into the Kurram nullah on the west and that draining into Shorarud on the east.
This peak is at the head of the Inzargai and the Zalai nullahs. From here t e
boundary line runs in a south-westerly direction for some 12 miles along t e crest
of the watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. which divides the water draining to the west into t e upper
branches of the Kurram and Goari nullahs, and that draining e east in o
the Shorarud and Sangbur nullahs as far as boundary pillar No. GXL11I erected
on a prominent peak situated on the same watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. at the hea ^ 6
eastern of the upper branches of the Tirkashi nullah. From here t e oun ary
fine runs in a straight line westwards and slightly southwards, crossing the head
of the Tirkashi nullah to boundary pillar No. OXLIII (a) erected on a promme
peak commonly known as Dek at the head of the Tirkashi nu a . on m ^ n 8
in the same straight line the boundary line crosses the head of the Dilsha< nu a
to boundary pillar No. CXLIII (b) erected on a prominent peak at t e
the Karawan Kush and Jori nullahs. From here the boundary Une still continues
in the same straight line and, crossing the Goari Manda nullah at a P° in
boundary pillar No. CXLIII (c) has been erected, runs to boundary piUar No. G
erected on a prominent peak on the crest of the watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. o t n > ar &
and immediately south of the head of the nullah in which is situa e
Haibat Khan Ziarat and which flows eastwards into the Goan Man a .
peak also happens to be situated exactly on the straight line e ^ wee ,
pillar No. CXLIII, and a point two miles due south of the top of the low i
to and south of the Kani well. T r , YT rV
Clause No. III.—We have jointly agreed that from boundary pillar o^
erected on the crest of the main watershed The boundary between adjacent drainage basins. of the Sarlat range, tie ou
runs, as shown in the attached map, in the same straight me we, , • ,
slightly southwards to a point two miles due south of the top o t e
is close to and south of the Kani well. At this point boun ary pi f ,, w .
has been erected. This straight line has been further marked by ^ tollog
boundary pillars as shown in the map attached, i.e., boundary pi
which has been erected at a short distance from boundary pi ar printed
a slightly lower ridge of the Sarlat range ; boundary pillar °. >