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'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.' [‎381] (423/476)

The record is made up of 1 volume (423 pages). It was created in 1816. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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HISTORY OF SINDE.
381
other countries, that have been for some years subject to the exe
cutive authority of the British East India Company, seems to have
entitled it, even a sa point of curiosity, to a stricter investigation of
its history and geography, than has yet been bestowed upon it. This
has doubtless, with regard to the latter question, principally resulted
from the unexampled jealousy of the chiefs, who have governed it
for thirty years past, and who still persevere in the same suspicious
policy. My recent examination of Beloochistan having, however,
led me to make some trifling historical inquiries regarding Sinde,
because it adjoins the former kingdom, and more especially as a part
of the natives of both are descended from one common stock, I am
induced to insert a short abstract of the result of them, wishing it,
however, to be understood, that I do not by any means offer it to
to the public as a conclusive account, but rather one that may pos
sibly assist future investigators. When I originally began to dedi
cate my leisure hours to these inquiries, with a view to publishing,
it was my aim to have collected and written a copious history of
Sinde ; but as I soon discovered it would have formed a large volume
of itself, and moreover that the trifling manuscripts I had procured
on it, for the last two centuries, were very imperfect, and that the
other topics included in this work would afford me ample em
ployment, I was deterred from the attempt, and am now so con
scious of the slight knowledge I possess on that subject, that I should
entirely omit this chapter had I not in various preceding places
made reference to its contents.
In the fourth century, before the Christian era, the province of
Sinde first became known to the Greeks, by the refusal of the troops
to follow Alexander into India Proper; who was consequently in
duced to drop down the Indus, until he came to the ocean. At that
period we are informed, that the regions through which he passed,
from the Punjab to the sea, were the seat of several governments,
of which, the most northern was the Sogdi, supposed to be the
present fortress, or city of 13hukor, built on an island in the cciitic
of the Indus, and having the two towns of Sukor and Rohree as its

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Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.

Publication Details: London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1816 Printed by A. Strahan, New-Street-Square.

Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. .

Physical Description: xxx, 423, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (col.), 1 map ; 28 cm. (4º)

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