Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 3 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of IndiaTod, James
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Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 3 of 3: or the Central and Western Rajput States of India
Tod, James
Rajasthan (India) -- History; Rajput (Indic people) -- History
Udhania (7 do.).—Twelve huts; no water between it and the last hamlet.
Nala (5 do.).—Descent from the _thal_ or desert, which ceases a mile
east of the nala or stream, said to be the same which issues from
the Indus at Dara, above Rohri-Bakhar; thence it passes east of
Sohrab’s Khairpur, and by Jinar to Bersia-ka-rar, whence there is a
canal cut to Umarkot and Chor.
Mitrao (4 do.).—Village of sixty houses, inhabited by Baloch; a thana,
or post here from Haidarabad; occasional low sandhills.
Mir-ki-kui (6 do.).—Three detached hamlets of ten huts each, inhabited
by Aroras.
Sheopuri (3 do.).—One hundred and twenty houses, chiefly Aroras: small
fort of six bastions to the south-east, garrisoned from Haidarabad.
Kamera-ka-Nala (6 do.).—This _nala_ issues from the Indus between
Kakar-ki-basti and Sakrand, and passes eastward; probably the bed of
an old canal, with which the country is everywhere intersected.
Sakrand (2 do.).—One hundred houses, one-third of which are Hindus;
patches of cultivation; numerous watercourses neglected; everywhere
overgrown with jungle, chiefly _jhau_ and [333] _khejra_ (tamarisk
and acacia). Cotton, indigo, rice, wheat, barley, peas, grain, and
maize grow on the banks of the watercourses.
Jatui (2 do.).—Sixty houses; a nala between it and Jatui.
Kazi-ka-Shahr (4 do.).—Four hundred houses; two nalas intervene.
Makera (4 coss).—Sixty houses; a nala between it and Jatui.
Kakar-ki-basti (6 do.).—Sixteen houses; half-way the remains of an
ancient fortress; three canals or nalas intervening; the village
placed upon a mound four miles from the Indus, whose waters overflow
it during the periodic monsoon.
Pura _or_ Hamlet (1 do.).—A ferry.
The Indus (1 do.).—Took boat and crossed to
Sewan _or_ Sehwan (1½ do.).—A town of twelve hundred houses on the right
bank, belonging to Haidarabad[8.2.71] [334].
Sehwan to Haidarabad
Jat-ki-basti (2 coss).—The word _jāt_ or _jat_ is here pronounced Zjat.
This hamlet ‘basti,’ is of thirty huts, half a mile from the Indus:
hills close to the village.
Samaicha-ki-basti (2½ coss).—Small village.
Lakhi (2½ do.).—Sixty houses; one mile and a half from the river: canal
on the north side of the village; banks well cultivated. In the
hills, two miles west, is a spot sacred to Parbati and Mahadeo,
where are several springs, three of which are hot.[8.2.72]
Umri (2 do.).—Twenty-five houses, half a mile from River; the hills not
lofty, a coss west.
Sumri (3 do.).—Fifty houses, on the River hills; one and a half coss
west.
Sindu or San (4 do.).—Two hundred houses and a bazar, two hundred yards
from the River; hills one and a half coss west.
Manjhand (4½ do.).—On the River two hundred and fifty houses,
considerable trade; hills two coss west.
Umar-ki-basti (3 do.).—A few huts, near the river.
Sayyid-ki-basti (3 do.).
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