Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c30.t2.199

v2.c30.t2.199

² The Author has omitted to mention that he was political agent for Jaisalmer ; so that his control extended uninterruptedly, almost from Sind to Sind ; *i.e.* from the Indus, or great Sindh, to the Chhota-Sindh, or little river (*see map*). There are several streams designated Sindh, in Central India, a word purely Tatar, or Scythic. Abusin, ‘the Father-river,’ is one of the many names of the Indus. [Sindhu is a Sanskrit word, probably connected with the root *syand*, ‘to flow.’]