Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v3.c40.t1.35

v3.c40.t1.35

Sindu Khan ki-basti (3 do.).—West bank of Phuleli river. Tajpur (3 do.).—Large town, north-east of Haidarabad [335]. Katrel (1½ do.).—A hundred houses. Nasarpur (1½ do.).—East of Tajpur, large town. Alahyar-ka-Tanda (4 do.).—A considerable town built by Alahyar Khan, brother of the late Ghulam Ali, and lying south-east of Nasarpur. Two coss north of the town is the Sangra Nala or Bawa,¹ said to issue from the Indus between Hala and Sakrand and passing Jandila. Mirbah (5 do.).—Forty houses; *Bah, Tanda, Got, Purwa*, are all synonymous terms for habitations of various degrees. Sunaria (7 do.).—Forty houses. Dangana (4 do.).—To this hamlet extend the flats of Sind. Sandhills five and six miles distant to the north. A small river runs under Dangana. Karsana (7 do.).—A hundred houses. Two coss east of Karsana are the remains of an ancient city; brick buildings still remaining, with well and reservoirs. Sandhills two to three coss to the northward. Umarkot (8 do.).—There is one continued plain from Haidarabad to Umarkot, which is built on the low ground at the very extremity of the *thal* or sand-hills of the desert, here commencing. In all this space, estimated at forty-four kachha coss, or almost seventy miles of horizontal distance, as far as Sunaria the soil is excellent, and plentifully irrigated by *bawahs*, or canals from the Indus. Around the villages there is considerable cultivation; but notwithstanding the natural fertility, there is a vast quantity of jungle, chiefly babul (*Mimosa arabica*), the evergreen *jhal*, and *jhau* or tamarisk. From Sunaria to Umarkot is one continued jungle, in which there are a few cultivated patches dependent on the heavens for irrigation; the soil is not so good as the first portion of the route. Katar (4 do.).—A mile east of Umarkot commences the *thal* or sandhills, the ascent a hundred and fifty to two hundred feet. A few huts of Samaichas who pasture; two wells. Dhat-ki-basti (4 do.).—A few huts; one well; Dhats, Sodhas, and Sindis cultivate and pasture.