Sindh Sagar Doab

Doab is a Persian word, used for the area located between two rivers. The Sindh Sagar Doab is one of the five major doabs of the Punjab. Punjab also got its name from the waters of five rivers flowing in its plains. The Sindh Sagar Doab includes the area between the Indus River and the Jhelum River, as such it forms the north western portion of the Punjab plains. Major areas in this doab include the Kala Chitta Range, Margalla and Murti Hills, Potohar, Salt Range and the Thal. Some of the major cities of this doab are Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Taxila, Attock, Chakwal, Jhelum, Pind Dadan Khan, Talagang, Mianwali, Bhakkar, Leiah (Layya), Kot Addu, Muzaffargarh, Khushab and Quaidabad. Main eastern tributaries of the Indus are River Haro which joins the Indus near Bagh Nilah below Attock. The other one is river Soan, which joins the river Indus at Peer Piaee below Makhad.

Sindh Sagar Doab encompasses a region abundant in historical, cultural, archaeological significance, and diverse societal aspects. From a geographical standpoint, it features a variety of landscapes, plant life, and wildlife. The purpose of this website is to comprehensively explore and present these diverse elements over time.

Sindh Sagar Doab, according to Abul Fazl’s Aaeen-i-Akbari

As narrated by Abul Fazl in Aaeen-i-Akbari, names to different doabs were given by the emperor Akbar the Great. He named the area between the Sutlej and the Beas as Bist Jalandhar, between the Beas and the Ravi as Doaba Bari, between the Ravi and the Chenab as Doaba Rachna, between the Chenab and the Behat (the river Jehlam) as Chenat and the area between the River Sindh and the Behat as Sindh Sagar Doab.

According to the distance between:

The Sutlej and the Beas was fifty kos, The Beas and the Ravi seventeen kos, The Ravi and the Chenab twenty kos, The Ravi and the Behat twenty kos, whereas the river Indus was at a distance of sixty eight kos from the Behat.