1 named Kungar. forms, at its junction, a wide ex¬
2 panse of water, or jheel, where the Emperor
3 Akhbar erected a house with apartments under¬
4 ground., for the purpose of enjoying the sport
5 of shooting in the neighbouring jungle, which
6 aboimded with tigers, leopards, and wild hogs.
7 The ferry for crossing the Beas is at Govindwal, Govindwai.
8 once a place of some importance in the history of
9 the Gooroos, the religious teachers of the Sikhs,
10 some of whom resided there, and lie buried at the
11 place. It is on the high road to Lahore, and
12 about five miles beyond the present city of Ka-
13 poorthulla.
14 The country of the Punjab lying between the
15 Sutlej and Beas, is named Bkt or Bist J-alnidhur.
16 Tlie word Bkt is composed of four letters, two of
17 which are taken from the Beas, and two from the
18 Sutlej. Jalindhur is the name of a rich district in
19 this Doah, and the city of that name is large and
20 populous, with a long street, well paved with
21 bricks : the whole town is surrounded by a wall,
22 the gates of which are shut during the night to
23 prevent any sudden surprize. The precaution is
24 highly necessary in a country like the Punjab, the
25 different portions of which frequently changed
26 masters; and it was no uncommon occurrence to
27 find one of its towns in a state of siege, while the
28 surrounding country was in perfect -peace.*
29 * We once had occasion to pass, during- the night, through fugwarra, a
30 (own ill the Bist Jalindhur, and were detailed a Ion# time at the gate,
31 which \vas shut and guarded, as the place was actually besieged, and a fight
32 had taken place during the day.