1 ROH—ROO. 157
2 Gundava, on the edge of the Put, or_‘‘ arid desert,” and on the
3 great route from Shikarpoor to Afghanistan.” It is represented 72-10. Ms. Doc.
4 as a poor place, capable of furnishing some forage, but few or no
5 supplies for human subsistence. There are several wells, but the
6 Water is stated to be of bad quality. Lat. 28° 13’, long. 68° 26’.
7 ROH, in Afghanistan, a village on the route from Saugad to B1.C. Me, Doc.
8 Raknee, and twelve miles north-west of the former place. Lat.
9 29° 46’, long. 70° 32’.
10 ROKREE, in the Punjab, a village situate on an offset of the water's Map of
11 Indus. Lat, 32° 41’, long. 71° 32’, Berane:
12 ROKUN, in Sinde, a village on the route from Sehwan to E10. Ms. Doc.
13 Larkhana, and thirty-three miles north of the former town. It
14 is of considerable size, and is situate on the right bank of the
15 Indus. Lat. 26° 48’, long. 67°53’. “
16 RONDU, or ROYAL, a small state or raj, dependent on Mpeg Kashmir,
17 Bulti, and situate on the right bank of the Indus, about forty
18 ‘miles north-west of Iskardoh. The communication along the
19 right bank of the river, between Iskardoh and Rondu, is by means
20 of a path not passable on horseback, The mountains abound in
21 rock crystal and asphaltum. The raja, a vassal of the ruler of
22 Bultistan, resides in a small fort. Lat. 35° 28’, long. 74° 55’.
23 ROOD-I-ADRUSCUND.—See Anruscunp.
24 ROOD-I-GUZ, in western Afghanistan, @ river, one of the B10. afs. Dos ;
25 feeders of the Adruscund, or river of Subzawur. It is a rapid [n'y ip.” ”
26 Stream, fifteen or twenty yards wide, crossing the route from
27 Herat to Kandahar, fifty miles south of the latter place, in lat.
28 30° 36’, long. 62° 14’.
29 ROODINJO,! in Beloochistan, a village on the route from '£.1.6. Me. Doc.;
30 Kelat to Belah, and twenty miles south of the former town. It Pair a Aig
31 is a poor place, having only about thirty houses, the inhabitants 177; td. Kalat,
32 of which migrate in winter to the warm plain of Cutch Gundava.
33 The vicinity of the village is barren and desolate, and the only
34 circumstance rendering it of any importance is an abundant and
35 excellent supply of fine water from a stream ?* flowing close to *£.I.C. Ms. Doc.
36 it. Its elevation above the sea is about 5,800 feet, and the cold
37 is very severe in winter. Connected with this circumstance is
38 the tradition of a fact stated by Pottinger to have given rise to
39 the name of the town. ‘Two merchants having accidentally
40 * Pottinger, however, with less probability, states, that '‘ the people have Belooch. 38
41 no water except in wells, and that neither good nor plentiful.”