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Punjab.

Date:
1908
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Firozpur-Jhirka, town in Gurgaon Dis- trict, ruined by absence of railway com- munications, i. 277. Fisheries, in most waters, i. 68; some rivers protected and preserved for an- glers, 68, of Beas, 355; mahseer fish- ing in Jhelum river, ii. 143, in Giri, 356 ; of Indus, i. 202. Floods, generally not serious outside riverain belts, i. 16, but frequent and serious in extreme south-west, 16; re- cent high floods in summer monsoon of Indus, 200, Jhelum, 194, Chenab, 16; chos ox seasonal torrents from the Siwaliks in lioshiarpur, 393; of Ravi (1870), ii, 59; of Indus at Dera Ghazi Khan, 258, 269, 270. Floods in Patiala town, ii. 280. Food, mainly the grain grown in the locality, i. 53 ; of differen-t classes and regions, 54, 86; meat seldom eaten, 54; drinks, 54, 120; division in Arya Samaj about meat as an article of diet, 52. F'orests, i. 72-75 ; dry forests of the plains, their extent and characteristic trees, 72, 73 ; hill forests with bamboo, chil and other pines, and deodar, 73, 179; area of ‘reserved,’ ‘protected,’ hnd ‘un- classed ’ forests and their systematic management, 73, 74 ; protection from 75 > liberal treatment of the^people in respect of fuel, fodder, and pasture, 74, 75 ; revenue from, mainly by sale of deodar, 75. See tinder Yoxo'di^ in each District and State. Fort Munro, hill station (6,300 feet) on Sulaiman Hills in Dera Ghazi Khan District, ii. 269, 270. F'orts and Fortresses: Agroha, i. 242 ; Asarur, ii. 102 ; Atari, 239 ; Bajwara, i. 405, 406; Bhatinda, ii. 286, 304; Bignot, 352; Dankhar, i. 384; Dasuya, 406; Delhi, 293; Faridkot, ii. 402; Gurdaspur, 73; Haripur, i. 386; Harrand, ii. 270; Jalalpur, 153; Jhelum, a land of fortresses and guarded defiles, 145 ; Kamlagarh, 397 ; Kangra, destroyed by earthquake, i. 388 ; Malot, 407, 408 ; Malot (in Jhelum District), ii. 155; Mamdot, i. 453,454; Mankera,ii. 204, 205; Marot, 353; Mohindargarh, 306 ; Multan, 241; Muzaffargarh, 255; Nabha, 377; Nurpur, i. 391; Rohtas, ii. 158; Sangla, 106; Shahdheri, 173; Shekhu- pura, 106; Shujabad, 243; SiMkot, 88; Tirawari, i. 318; Uch, ii. 354; Fateh- garh, 325 ; Rawain, 371. Fossiliferous rocks of Himalayas : Ntim- mulites found 20,000 feet above sea- level, i. 172; Upper Siwaliks, 173; of Tibetan zone, from Permian to Tertiary times, 174. F^reshfield, D. W., quoted on Himalayan scenery, i. 169. Fruit and garden produce, mangoes, po- tatoes, date-palms, i. 62, in Himalayas, 176. See Principal Crops in each District and State. G. Gaddis, hill tribe in Kangra, i. 362. Gajpat Singh, Raja of Jind, ii. 312. Gakhars, the once dominant race of the Salt Range, ii. 144; flourished and fell with the Mughals, 144. Game-birds, i. 12, 13. -garh, Flindu place-ending = ‘ fort,’ i. 57. Garhdiwala, town in Floshiarpur District, i. 406. Garhi Ikhtiar Khan, town in Bahawalpur State, ii. 352 ; its trade in dates, 352. Garhshankar, iahsU of Hoshiarpur Dis- trict, i. 405. Garhshankar town, i. 406. Geology, general view of, i. 4-8; of the plains, 4, 5 ; of Salt Range, 5, 6, 183 ; of Himalayas, 171-175, Northern or Tibetan zone, 6, 7, 174, central and lower zones, 7, 173, Sub-Himalayan zone of Tertiary beds, 7,8,17 2, separation of Upper Tertiary or Siwalik series by the main boundary fault or dislocation, the region of earthquakes, 8, 16, 17, 172. See also under each Mountain area, District, and State. Georgegarh, village in Rohtak District, founded by George Thomas, i. 261. Ghaggar river, i. 186, 187, not perennial, once an affluent of Indus, 186; its stream, drained for irrigation, finally dammed and canalized, 186; disastrous results of drinking its water, 186. Ghaggar (minor irrigation) Canals, im- perial system of, i. 215. Ghanaur, tahsll of Patiala State, ii. 300. Ghazi Khan, founder of town and dynasty in the Derajat, ii. 259, 268. Ghaznivid dynasty, Mahmud of Ghazni. Ghirths, the physical and other charac- teristics of the tribe in Kangra, i. 361. Ghund, fief of Keonthal State, ii. 376, 377. Ghuram (or Ramgarh), ancient town with extensive ruins in Patiala State, ii. 305. Giri, affluent of Jumna, with fish pre- serves, in Sirmur, ii. 356; in Simla Hills, 369. Glass industry, i. 81. Gobind Singh, Guru, his two sons bricked up alive at Sirhind, ii. 310. Gohana, tahsil of Rohtak District, i. 200. Gohana town, i. 261. Goitre, prevalence of, i. 186, 340, 355, ii. 59, 191. Gojra, town in Lyallpur District, with increasing trade and industries, ii. 222.
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