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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 886 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ATTOCK  , a

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town and fort of
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British India, in the
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Rawalpindi
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district of the
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Punjab, 47 M. by
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rail from
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Peshawar, and situated on the eastern
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bank of the
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Indus . Pop . (1901) 2822 . The place is of both
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political and commercial importance, as the Indus is here crossed by the military and trade route through the Khyber Pass into
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Afghanistan . Alexander the
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Great, Tamerlane and Nadir Shah are believed to have successively crossed the Indus at or about this spot in their respective invasions of India . The
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river runs past Attock in a deep rapid channel about 200.yds. broad, but is easily crossed in boats or on inflated skins of oxen . The rocky gorges through which it flows, with a distant view of the
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Hindu Kush, form some of the finest scenery in the
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world . In 1883 an iron girder
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bridge of five spans was opened, which carries the North-Western railway to Peshawar, and has also a subway for wheeled
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traffic and
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foot passengers . The fort of Attock was built by the emperor
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Akbar in 1581, on a low hillock beside the river . The walls are of polished stone, and the whole structure is handsome; but from a military point of view it is of little importance, being commanded by a hill, from which it is divided only by a
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ravine . On the opposite side of the river is the
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village of Khairabad, with a fort, also erected by Akbar according to some, or by Nadir Shah according to others . The military importance of Attock has diminished, but it still has a small detachment of British troops .

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