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Punjab.

Date:: 1908

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Credit: Punjab. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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table of statistics of sex in each Dis- trict, 152, 153. Shah Jahan, lifth Mughal emperor, son of Jahangir, i. 27, 28 ; transferred the capital from Lahore to Delhi (Shah- jahanabad), 28, 294 ; his reign of internal peace and freedom from foreign invasion, 28 ; his wars abroad, 28; his deposition by his sons, 28 ; his mosque Jama Masjid,and palace at Delhi, 296, 297 ; his buildings at Lahore, ii. 34; his famous engineer, Ali Mardan Khan, i. 2_03_, 207, ii. 34. Shahabad, town in Karnal District, i. , 318. Shahdheri (or Dheri Shdhan, ‘ the kings’ mound’), village in Rawalpindi Dis- trict, ii. 173, 174; once a place of great sanctity, 174; its extensive and well- preserved ruins, mostly of fortresses, 173, one (probably) of the great ‘ head- offering’ stupa of Buddha, 174 identi- fied with Taxila, the capital of a great kingdom in the time of and after Alexander, 161, 174. Shahpur, District in Rawalpindi Division, ii. 124-141 ; divided by the Jhelum and comprising part of Chaj^Doab and of Salt Range, 124 ; comparatively healthy but deteriorated by Jhelum Canal, 127 ; history of District as part of Salt Range, 127, 129; increase of area of cultivation due to new Jhelum Canal, 131 ; Jhelum Colony and horse- breeding, 131, 132, 137; railways made and sanctioned, 133; bibliography, 136. Shahpur tahsil, ii. 136. Shahpur town, head-quarters of District, ii. 140, 141. Shahpur Inundation Canals, fed by the Jhelum, i. 212, 213. -shah)', an Arabic place-ending = ‘ city,’ Shakargarh, tahsil of Gurdaspur District, ii. 69. Sharakpur, the only unirrigated tahsil of Lahore District, ii. 28. Sharakpur town, ii. 41, 42. Shawls (Kashmir) of pashm^ the fine hair of Tibetan goat, industry of, i. 79 ; an industry imported by Kash- miris flying from famine of 1833, 391, 430, 436, ii. 53. 123, &c. ; its decay after k ranco-German War, i. 79. Sheep and goats, i. 65 ; wool from, 79, See under Cattle, Horses, and Sheep in each District. Shekhupura estate, in Gujranwala and neighbouring District, ii. loi. Shekhupura village, an ancient town with a ruined fort, dry tank, and palace of a queen of Ranjit Singh, ii. 106, 107 ; a resort of sportsmen, 107. Sher Singh, reputed son of Ranjit Singh, i. 408, his Anarkali at Balala, ii. 70. Sher Singh, commander-in-chief during second Sikh War, i. 33. Shipki Pass (15,000 feet), from Kanawar valley to Tibet, ii. 374. Shivganga, valley in Jhelum District, with Buddhist sculpture now in Lahore Museum, ii. 158. Shlsham (^Dalbergia Sissod), a tree of dry or plain forests, much used for inlaid work and furniture, i. 73, 82 ; irrigated forest of, in Lahore, ii. 23. Shorkot, tahsil of Jhang District, ii. 216. Shorkot town, head-quarters of District, ii. 218 ; huge ruins of old town, identi- fied with one taken by Alexander, 218, Shrines, Muhammadan, of Nizam-ud-din at Delhi, i. 298 ; of Shah Kumais at Sadhaura, 337 ; of Shaikh-ul-Islam, Baba Farid, at Pakpattan, ii. 17; at Sankhatra, 87 ; of Mian Barkhurdar at Pasrur, 87 ; of All-ul-hakk at SiMkot, 88; at Khangah Dogran, 104; of Shah Daula (and home), in Gujrat, 123 ; of Baba Wall at Hassan Abdal, 184, 185; of Shah Burhan at Chiniot, 217; of All Sarwar at Kahror, 240; of two saints at Multan, 241, 242; of Din Panah, 254; of Sakhi Sarwar, 271, 272; countless of Uch, 355. Shujabad, walled town in Multan Dis- trict, ii. 243 ; the Jahaz Mahal, 243. Shujabad tahsil, ii. 238. Sialkot, submontane District in the Lahore Division, ii. 75-90; generally healthy with very malarious tracts, 76; law- abiding in spite of large number of criminal tribes, 82 ; the ‘ Kot’ reforma- tory for criminal tribes, and dispen- saries, 83, 84 ; bibliography, 84. Sialkot tahsil, ii. 84. Sialkot town, head-quarters of District and a large cantonment, ii. 87-89 ; the legend of its foundation, 88 ; its shrine of first Guru, and annual fair, 88; other sacred buildings, 88 ; its ancient foit, 88; a flourishing market and trade centre, 89 ; manufacture of bats and sticks for games, surgical instru- ments, and cottons, 89. Sials, Muhammadan Rajputs, rulers of Jhang, their history from 1243 to over- throw by Ranjit Singh and modern times, ii. 207, 208. Sidhnai Canal, taking off from the Ravi, i. 216, 217, ii. 232. Sikandra Dhar, range of hills, running for 50 miles in Mandl State, pierced by the Beas, ii. 398. Sikh War, the first (1845-6), i. 32; its immediate cause the passage of the Sutlej by the Sikhs, 32; battles of

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