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SUTLEJ , a See also:river of See also:India, one of the " Five See also:Rivers " of the See also:Punjab. It rises E.S.E. of the Manasarowar lakes in See also:Tibet, at an See also:elevation of about 15,200 ft., threads its way through the See also:gorges of the Himalayas with heights of 20,000 ft. on either See also:side, crosses See also:Bashahr and the See also:Simla See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill states, and enters the See also:British See also:district of See also:Hoshiarpur. Thence it flows through the plains of the Punjab, receives the See also:Beas in See also:Kapurthala See also:state, and joins the See also:Chenab near Madwala. From that point the whole river bears the name of Panjnad (" five rivers ") until it falls into the See also:Indus near Mithankot after a course of 900 m. In the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of Ranjit Singh the Sutlej formed the boundary See also:line between the See also:Sikh and British dominions, and the Sikh states See also:south of the river still See also:bear the See also:title of Cis-Sutlej.
The Sutlej supplies two systems of See also:irrigation See also:works: the See also:Sir-See also:hind See also:canal, which draws off the whole of the See also:cold See also:season See also:supply of the Sutlej at See also:Rupar, too m. above its junction with the
Beas; and the inundation canals of the Upper and See also:Lower Sutlej, See also:Ferozepur and See also:Bahawalpur, which come below the junction.
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