Jarak
Jarak is a town in the Lower Sindh, Pakistan.
Location
Jarak is situated on the western bank of the Indus, about midway between Haidarabad and Thatha.
Jat clan
History
Alexander Cunningham[1] writes that The little town of Jarak is situated on an eminence overhanging the western bank of the Indus, about midway between Haidarabad and Thatha. Jarak is the present boundary between Vichalo, or Middle Sindh, and Lar, or Lower Sindh, which latter I have been obliged to extend to Haidarabad, so as to include the Patala of the Greeks and the Pitasila of the Chinese pilgrim, within the limits of the ancient Delta. This is perhaps the same place as Khor, or Alkhor, a small but populous town, which Edrisi places between Manhabari and Firabuz, that is, between Thatha and Nirunkot. Three miles below Jarak there is another low hill covered with ruins,
[p. 288]: which the people call Kafir kot, and attribute to Raja Manjhira [2] The principal ruin is a square basement ornamented with fiat pilasters at regular distances. This is supposed to be the remains of a temple. Amongst the ruins were found some fragments of Buddhist statues ; and, at a short distance from the hill, an inscription in early Indian characters, of which I can read only the words putrasa and Bhagavatasa, and a few letters in different parts ; but these are sufficient to show that the inscription is Buddhist, as well as the other remains.
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References
- ↑ The Ancient Geography of India/Western India,pp.287-288
- ↑ ' Bombay Journal,' v. 356.
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