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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 859 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHIKARPUR , a See also:

town of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Sukkur See also:district of See also:Sind, Bombay. It is situated about 18 m. from the right See also:bank of the See also:Indus, with a station on the See also:North-Western railway, 23 M. N.W. of Sukkur. Pop. (19or) 49,491. Shikarpur has always been an important See also:place as commanding the See also:trade route through the Bolan Pass, and its merchants have dealings with many towns in Central See also:Asia. It has a large See also:market and manufactures of carpets, See also:cotton See also:cloth and pottery. Shikarpur was formerly the headquarters of a district of the same name. In 1901 two sub-divisions of this district were detached to See also:form the new district of Larkana, and the two other subdivisions were then constituted the district of Sukkur.

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