Gazetteer Ludhiana 1888

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1‘Bat and Dbala,

2‘The Hvar Sate

3‘The Bailie Nala

4Sri Satguru

5SE To

6Descriptive.

7‘General description.

8Naturst divaons:

9(Panjab Gazettecr,

102 CHAP, 1—THE pisriot,

11miles from head-quartars, and necoss to almost, ¢1 ‘being easy

12rail, or by ‘te roads which ran in all di one The

13outlying villages number 39, and have.an area of 125 square sailes,

14‘The latitude, longitude and height in feet above the sea of the

15principal places in the district aro shown below :—

16Torn, | tale | Longitude, [eet abe om eet

17he district her no very striking uataral features, ‘Tho main

18physical divisions ure the eame aa those of mont Punjab plain

19districts, Ce, n low-lying alluvial tract along the river (here called

20Bild), wand the uplands (called Didia),

21‘Tho river Sutlej forms, ne stated before, the northern boundary

22of the district. Debouching from tho Siwélike just above Ivipar,

23tome 25 miles east of tho boundary of the Sumréla taball, it flows

24due wort slong tho top of tho’ district for w distance of about 60

25snites, and turns, as it eaves the Jagraon tabs, slightly to the north

26towards ita junction with tho Beas. Even when at its lowest, in the

27middle of thi cold wonther, the river ns a considerable volume of

28water, tho main stream boing generally 100 to 200 yarda in width,

29‘and seven or eight feot in dopth. Some of the people living on. the

30Banks ure able to ford it when vory low, but oven'to thom thin ix nt-

31tended with danger, Whou in flood it spreads ovor the countey to a

32‘width goncrally of two or three miles; and, even where confined by

33the Pillar Hridge Works to is narowost i weasires nearly

34mile of running stream. ‘The bridges and ferries aro noticod in

35Chapter IV (page 163).

36Ei all Poniab vivre the Sutlj is constantly. shifing ite

37course ia the floods of the hot weather, aa there is nothing to keep

38it to ono bed. Within tho Inst 0 years wo know that it bas

39od about four or fivo miles northwards iu the first’ few miles

40course in this district ; and thero can bo no doubt that within

41ot vory distant period (local accounts say 100 years) it flowed

42just under the sndge which separtes the Dhaia or highlands from

43the Bet, tho older towns and villages like Bahlolpur, Machiwird,

44Kum, &c, having boen built on its banks, The division between

45‘uplands ond lowlands is overywhero marked distinctly by thia

46igs oe high bank (ha); and bgtween it and the present. Gourse

47of the river liet the Bét tract, To the east of the district the river

48avd the high bank are five or six miles from each other; and thin

49distance Baia fr the et 90 miles but below the town of

50sudhiina they gradually. approach until in the Jagraon tahail the

51Batis only one or two miles tu width, and fly disp

52Tinmediately tmnder the high bank along what was once the

53foune vf the Sutle} now runs perennial stream ealled the Budha

54‘Nila, which takes ite rise in some springs near Chamkor in the

55* Appian,

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