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GROU D WATER I HYDERABAD & KHAIRPUR DIVISIO S
By
M. H. Panhwar
B.E. (Mech: & Elec:); M. Sc:Agr: Engg: (Wisconsin ). Superintending Engineer Agricultural Machinery Southern Zone TA DO JAM
Directorate of Agriculture, Hyderabad Region 1969
Reproduced by Sani Hussain Panhwar; 2008
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CHAPTER I Page No.
I TRODUCTIO 12
CHAPTER II
KOHISTA AREA 17 Geology of area—Manchhar series, Nari calcareous series, Nari grey sand stone, Nari lime stone, Khairthar Range, Ranikot sand stone, Decan trap basalt rocks, Nais of Kohistan.
CHAPTER III
ALLUVIAL OR LOWER I DUS PLAI S 19 Old Alluvial, sub recent formations, recent formations, Seepage of water from river Indus, Western Nara, Eastern Nara, results of 800 test bores and conclusion.
CHAPTER IV
DIFFERE T COURSES OF RIVER I DUS I HISTORICAL TIMES 22 Search for old beds of Indus by McMurdo, Burnes, Pottinger, Fife, Cunningham, C. F. Oldhman, Narchus, R. D. Oldhman, Raventy, Haig, Col. Minchin, J. N. Barnes, Henry Cousens, Whitehead and Sir Aurel Stein; Indus in Alexandar's times (327 B.C,), Indus at the time of Ptolemy's visit 150 A.D., Indus in 7th century, Indus in 8th century at the times of Arab conquest, Indus in 9th & 10th centuries, a course of river Indus in 11th & 12th centuries, changes in course of river, Indus in 13th century. Indus in 14th century, Indus in 16th century, Indus between 1700 l750, change in the course of river in 1758, changes in 19th century, floods,
CHAPTER V
THE COURSES OF WESTER BRA CH OF RIVER I DUS 34 Course No 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, Sind Hollow, floods and path of
CHAPTER VI
OLD SETTLEME TS A D GROU D WATER 37 Sukkur District