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2 CHAP. IV.
3 ' KATOftAL Aim POUTICAL DIVXflONB OF AraOAtnaSTAUN.
4 THE plain of the Indus from the sea to Siingur, is included in Sind.
5 Of this di¥uion,.the part which extends from theMft toShilnrpore,
6 is inhabited by SuufeeB, under a native prince, but tributary to CaulNiL
7 Hub u now generally called Suide» by the English ; but, may with
8 * moie propriety, be tetmed lAwer Sbd. Fkom ShilGvpoor» induaive
9 tp.8angar, nwy be called Upper Sind. The part of it which Ilea to
10 Ae weat:ofthe Indna, ia chiefly inhabited by Bekidiea ; and, with^
11 CKoeption.of a^amall tract norUijof Shiharpoor, ia diieotly under $he
12 govemmoit of Canbud.. Above Snngur, aa fir aa the eaotern brandiea
13 qf the Solimann range, ia DamaBP* The hiUsiouth of the aalt ranges
14 and the plains and valleys which they enclose, are also generally in*
15 eluded in Damaun. Hie plain, immediately on the right bank of the
16 Indus, and north of Sungnr, ia .inhabited by Beloches ; and is some-
17 times diatingiiiAed from Damaun, and called by the Beloche or Hin-
18 dpostaunee name of Muckelwaud. Damaun b then only appli^ to
19 the skirts of the hills, which indeed is the original meaning of the
20 word. In this sense, the southern pwrf of Damaun is inhabited by the
21 hitooreeaunees, after whom, to the north, are the Bauboors, Meeaiui-
22 kliaiis, Gimdehpoors, Douliitkhails, and Munvuts ; hU Aighaun trilies.
23 To the north oi the latter, and aloii^ t he utiDost Viournlnry of Dnmaun,
24 in this extended sense, are the At<^haun t ribe?), who inhabit Ivhost,
25 Dour, and Bunnoo. and that ol Ksaukhail. In the same extent of the
26 range of 3olimaun, iive the Zmurre^ Sheeraunees, Wuzeercc3, and
27 Jadrauns. •