Title: scene on the river sutledge, near pauk-puttun (pakpattan) in the punjaub. Paukputtun (the pure city ), a town in the lahore province, 100 miles s. S. W. Fom the city of lahore. The british were unable to march directly across the punjab to the khyber pass as its ruler, ranjit singh, refused to let them cross the heartland of his territory. They entered afghanistan from the south, marching along the sutlej river to its confluence with the indus and then though sindh and baluchistan to the bolan pass. Abstract/medium: 1 print: tinted lithograph; sheet 36 x 53 cm. Genre: Book illustrations. Date: 1842. Collection: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress.
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