Loodianah, on the Sutlej, George Powell Thomas, 28 March 1846

"loodianah, on the sutlej"* loodianah, on the sutlej (from a sketch by captain g. P. Thomas) captain george powell thomas, of the sixty-fourth bengal infantry this engraving is from a sketch by captain g. P. Thomas. It shows part of the cantonment of loodianah, with the fort, and a portion of the city. The foreground is the parade, with the huts of the sepoys' lines; the depositaries of the arms of companies, called "bells of arms. " in the left distance are shown two officers' bungalows, or thatched houses; next, a terrace-roofed house, with portico, veradha, &c.;the fort of phulloor, on the punjaub side of the sutlej. The large house on the opposite side was successively tenanted by shah shoojah, dost mohammed, and shoojahoolmoolk; it has beautiful garden of cypresses and fruit trees. To the right is the fort of loodianah; it has a drawbridge to the gate, and a glacis and ditch surround it; the range of barracks rising above the rest, has bomb-proof roofs. The hills on the opposite side of the sutlej are between 60 and 70 miles distant and on a very clear day, beyond them are seen the snowy peaks of the higher himalayas. The illustrated london news, march 28, 1846. Page 209 reference: https://books. Google. Co. Uk/books?id=3dbcaqaaiaaj&pg=pa209&lpg. Date: 28 March 1846. "Loodianah, on the Sutlej"*