Gazetteer Of The Rawalpindi District Revised Edition, 1893-94

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1Bawalpittdi District* ]

2CHAP. L-GBKERAi:i DESCBtPTlOy. 15

3The Sodn drams a great part of the Marree and B^walpindi

4tahsilsi a portion of the Kahnta tahsili the western portion

5of Gnjar Khan plain, and all the southern portions of Fatohjang

6and Pindigheb. There is some very fair fishing to be got in

7the Soan river. Its principal tributaries are, on the right bank,

8the l^arang and the Bfiwal, rising in the hills of the Murreo

9tahsil, and the Leh which rises in the Margalla range and

10rnns past the B&walpindi city and cantonments ; and on the

11left bank the Ling which rises in the Kahuta hills, near Narrar,

12and runs through a portion of that tahsil and joins the Soon

13at Sibdla, in the Bdwalpiudi tahsil.

14The Haro rises in the Hazara hills near Khanpur and

15enters the Bdwalpiudi district in the extreme north-west

16of the Bdwalpiudi tahsil, near the village of Bballar-top. It

17cuts across a small portion of this tahsil, and thou enters the

18Attock tahsil in a north-westerly direction ; then it turns south*

19west, and running^ just north of Hassau Abddb pursues a

20^^generally western direction across the Attock tahsil, passing

21south of Camphellpur, and finally discharging its waters into

22tho Indus, after passing Ohhoi Garidla, near Bagh-Nildb, 12

23miles below Attock. In the Nala ildqa which is the first part

24of tho Attock tahsil, into which it flows and in the small portion

25of the Bdwalpindi tahsil, which it drains, its waters are much

26diverted into cuts and small canals known as Kattha from

27which tho tract of Panj Kattha takes its name, and these cuts

28irrigate a considerable area of land in the villages on its banks.

29There are also many flour mills (jandars) on its banks, especially

30at Jassian near Campbellpur, where there are a large number

31on the side streams between rocks and on artificial cuts which

32have a very curious appearance.

33The river is crossed by a wooden girder bridge on tho

34Grand Trunk Bead and by an iron railway bridge close beside

35it, near Burhan, 6 miles from Hassan Abddl. It is usually

36fordable, except when in flood, but a ferry boat is kept up at

37Chhoi Gariula, on the cart road from Attock to Makhad wliicli

38cuts through tho Kala Chitta range, a road which was con-

39structed to connect Makhad with Attock, at the time when tho

40former town was the terminus of tho Indus Valley Flotilla.

41The bed of the river is generally stony and the water is clear,

42blue and limpid, and very pleasing in appearance to European

43eyes. Its principal tributaries are the Chibl&t, in which good

44fishing is often to be had, and tho Saggar which drains the

45small and fertile valleys of Hassan Abddl and Bnrh&n. There

46is sometimes excellent fishing to bo had in tho Haro and its

47tributaries in March and September.

48Although there aro no other streams deserving mention

49< under the name of rivers, there are many ravines and /casts with

50water in their beds which aro valuable to tho villagers.

51Tho most important of theso is the Kdnshi Kas, which

52risos in the low hills of tho Kahuta tahsil, flows past Kallar, and

53Chapter I, A«

54General Bescrip*

55tion.

56The Soio.

57Tlio Haro.

58Other Btresmi.