1 was the first abode of Seeta, when she was banished
2 to the jungle by her husband; the place was then
3 like most other parts of the Punjab, overrun with
4 jungle, it is a very picturesque spot, rendered so
5 by a large and beautiful tank, shaded by vast
6 numbers of lofty trees. Whose long branches bend
7 over the water, and in some places nearly touch
8 those upon the opposite side. Both in this Doab
9 and the Bist, the country is low near the rivers,
10 but gradually rises towards the middle, and again
11 descends to the next river.
12 The fourth river of the Punjab is the Chenab. T,a> clu? j*? lK
13 It is the Aseescines of the Ancients, and is also
14 called Chenab, Tchendarbaijar, Chunderbahka,
15 Jandabala, and Sliantroo, in the different portions
16 of its course among the mountains.
17 The source of the Chenab is very remote. Ac¬
18 cording to native report, the river Chunder rises
19 on the confines of China. Another river flowing
20 from Thibet, and called Bahka, or Bhaka, joins it
21 at Kishtawar, and their united streams obtain the
22 name of Ciumdcr-bhaka. In the hills its course is
23 very rapid, and in no part is it fordable. Near the
24 mountain of Tirkatta, which is in the state ot
25 Jurnmoo, it escapes from the bill, and at or near
26 the city of Akanoor, divides into eighteen branches,
27 which again unite near the village of Belaulpore.
28 Tire Chenab then washes the boundary of Sodra,
29 and reaches Wmeerabad, crossing the king’s high¬
30 way. From thence, having traversed the Huaara