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Date:: 1908

Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$247-264; in the high plain between the Jumna and Sutlej, 247 ; in general salubrious, 248 ; history before and during Mutiny, 248-250; castes and occupations, 251, 252; famines, 255, 256 ; its hhaiydchard villages, 257. Rohtak tahsil, i. 259. Rohtak town, its traditions and history, i. 263; important trade centre on the railway, with four cotton factories, 263. Rohtang, pass of 13,326 feet in Kangra District between the Kulu valley and Lahul, i. 392. Rohtas, magnificent, partly ruinous, for- tress in Jhelum District, ii. 158. Rojhan, village in Dera Ghazi Khan District, and capital of Mazari Balochs, ii. 271 ; its courthouse, mosque, and tomb erected by late chief, 271. Ruins and Remains, at Agroha, i. 242 ; near Hissar, 245 ; of Old Sirsa, 246 ; at Maham, 263 ; at Hodal, 278 ; of Old Rewari, 279; at Sohna, 279; ^at Delhi,_ 292, 293; of Sugh, 3a7,_338 ; at Chaii, 384; of palace at Sujanpur Tlra, 392 ; at Bajwara, 406 ; at Dasuya, 406 ; of palaces at Jaijon, 407 ; at hlalot, 407 ; of Sunet, 437 ; of Harappa, ii. 15 ; at Sangla, 106; at Mong, 125 ; Jalalpur, 153 ; Katas and Murti, 154; Malot, 155 ; Nandana, 157 ; Rohtas, 158; Shivganga, 158; at ManikiMa, 170, 171; at Shahdheri, 173, 174; ^iari, 205; at Shorkot, 218; unidenti- fied at Atari, 239 ; at Talamba, 244. Ruins and Remains, in Native States ; at Pinjaur, ii. 286, 308; at Sirhind, 310; Banilr, 303 ; Ghuram, 305 ; Safidon, 325; Pattan Munara, 353, Sarwahi, _354, Sui Vehar, 354, Uch, 354, 355. Rupar, subdivision ot AmbMa District, i. 331. Rupar tahsil, i. 331, 332. Rupar, ancient town, headworks of Sir- hind canal, i. 336, 337, its trade between the plains and the hills, 336 ; meeting- place of Lord William Bentinck and Ranjit Singh (1831), 336. S. Sabathu, hill cantonment in Simla Dis- __trict, i. 346, 347. Sadhaura, town in Ambala District, i. 337 ; its mosque, shrine, and religious fair, 337 ; its factories, 337. Sadullapur, village in Gujrat District, ii. 125, scene of battle in second vSikh War, 113- . Safidon, town in Jind State, ii. 325, its legendary origin, 325; the Nagchhetra tank, 325 ; its former splendour, 325. Sahib Singh, Maharaja of Patiala (d. 1813), his relations with his sister, his wife, George Thomas, the Marathas, and Ranjit Singh, ii. 281-283 ; secured the protection of his cis-Sutlej territory by the British, 283. Sahibgarh (or Pail), tahsil of Patiala State, ii. 301. Sahiwal, town in Shahpur District, bene- fited by Jhelum canal, ii. 139. Saiyid dynasty, the, of Delhi, founded (1414) by Kizr Khan, its nominal allegiance to Mongols, i. 26, 294. Saiyids, the descendants of Ali, the Pro- phet’s son-in-law, their number and position, i. 49, 50, their green dress, 54. See under Castes and Occupations in each District. Sakala or Sagal, of poetry and legend, and capital of White Huns, possibly Sialkot, ii. 88, or Sangla, 106, or Shahkot, 106, or Chiniot, 207, 217. Sakas, the, their short-lived (Scythian) power, with Taxila as capital, i. 19, 20, ii. 174. Sakesar {Sukesar), hill sanitarium (5,010 feet) on highest peak of Salt Range, in Shahpur District, ii. 140; favourable (as Himalayan sanitaria are not) to cases of phthisis and dysentery, 140 ; scarcity of good water, 140. Sakhi Sarwar, the kindly earth-god, his popular cult and legend, i. 51. Sakhi Sarwar, famous Muhammadan shrine {c. 1300) in Dera Ghazi Khan District, ii. 271 ; buildings a mixture of Hindu and Muhammadan architecture, and frequented by all religions, 271, 272. Sdl tree, survives in a strath (dun) of Kangra Valley, not found elsewhere west of the Jumna, i. 10, 73. Salt (and gypsum), immense and valuable beds of in Salt Range, i. 76; quarried and manufactured, 76 ; average output, 76 ; price and output at Warcha mine, ii. 141 ; Mayo mine, 155-157; quar- ries and output at Kalabagh, 202, 203. Salt, revenue from, i. 115-118; history of salt duty and of the preventive and customs lines, 115-117; final duty of Rs. 2 a maund on Kohat salt, and its prohibition from cis-Indus territory, 117 ; a table of salt trade and revenue, 118 ; price and consumption per head, 118, 155 ; from Mayo mine, ii. 156, 157 ; value of imports, i. 156. Salt Range of hills, i. 181-183, its spurs, valleys, rivers, and lakes, 181, 182, its enormous deposits and quarries of salt, 182; a table of its geological forma- tions, 183; the sanitarium of Sakesar Hill, 181, ii. 140; bibliography, i. 183 ; its climate, ii. 143, tribes, 143, 144; refuge of the Pandavas, 143, 144.$

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