Excerpt from Encyclopaedia Americana, Vol. 7: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time, Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American BiographyBevah. The country tra by the Indus and its tributaries is called the Pcnjob or Prnjob. The water of the In dus is wholesome, ' and resembles that of the Ganges. Its course, including its windine¿lis mated at 1700 miles, and is y W. Of S. The Delta of the In as is about 150 miles in length along the coast, and 115 in de The river's navigable, for vemels o 200 tons, to the provrnce of Lahore, a distance of 7m ographical miles. From Attack to e Delta, a distance of about 800 miles, its breadth is generally abouts mile, and its depth from two to five fathoms. The tide sets in with great violence. Owingtothe barbarous manners of the tribes which inhabit its banks, little co merce takes place on this river. The of the In dus is sand, with a small quantity of mud.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.