A History of Agriculture in India v2.c54.5

v2.c54.5

What was the condition of Sind in the tenth century? Ibn Haukal, an Arab geographer, a native of Baghdad, left Baghdad in A.D. 943 and, after passing through various lands under Muslim rule, returned to that city in A.D. 968. He has left a graphic description of Sind, its cities, villages, people and crops in his *Kitā’bu-l Masā’lik Wā-l Mamā’lik*, which is reproduced below.