ON

SINDH:

THE

MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF ITS INHABITANTS;

AND

ITS PRODUCTIVE CAPABILITIES:

WITH

A SKETCH OF ITS HISTORY,

A NARRATIVE OF RECENT EVENTS,

AND AN ACCOUNT OF

THE CONNECTION OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WITH THAT COUNTRY
TO THE PRESENT PERIOD.

BY

T. POSTANS, M. R.A. S.

BT. CAPTAIN, BOMBAY ARMY,

AND LATE ASSISTANT TO THE POLITICAL AGENT IN SINDH
AND BILUCHISTAN.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

Ind 67th May Ind 4768.43

HARVARD COLLEGE

JUN 4 1915

LIBRARY

Hall fund

LONDON:

Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE,
New-Street-Square.

ΤΟ

MAJOR-GENERAL

SIR HENRY POTTINGER, BART. G.C.B.,

HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S PLENIPOTENTIARY IN CHINA,

AND FORMERLY

RESIDENT AT THE COURTS OF CUTCH AND SINDH,

THE FOLLOWING PAGES

ARE

MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

WITH

SENTIMENTS OF THE HIGHEST ESTEEM AND REGARD,

BY

THE AUTHOR.