1 THE PUNJAUB.
2 CHAPTER I.
3 TOPOGRAPHY OF THE PUNJAUB.
4 THE extensive country in the north-west of India,
5 known by the name of the Punjaub, derives its
6 appellation from two Persian words,—punj, five,
7 and aub, water, from the five rivers which flow
8 through the territory. These rivers are—the
9 Indus or Attock, the Jeylum, the Chenab, the
10 Ravee, and the Sutlege, the first and last form-
11 ing the geographical boundaries of a space ex-
12 tending from lat. 29° 15’ to 34° north, long. 70°
13 40’ to 76° east. The political limits of the coun-
14 try, however, extend somewhat beyond the banks
15 of the two principal rivers, and may be reckoned,
16 including Peshawur and the countries west of
17 the Indus, Iskardoh, Ladakh, and other hill
18 states north, at 600 miles in length from east to
19 west, and 350 miles in breadth from north to
20 B