ATTOCK  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and fort of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• RAWALPINDI

Rawalpindi See also:

• DISTRICT

district of the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab, 47 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail from See also:

• PESHAWAR

Peshawar, and situated on the eastern See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• INDUS

Indus . Pop . (1901) 2822 . The See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place is of both See also:

• POLITICAL

political and commercial importance, as the Indus is here crossed by the military and See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade route through the Khyber Pass into See also:

• AFGHANISTAN

Afghanistan . See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander the See also:

• GREAT

Great, Tamerlane and See also:

• NADIR (Arabic nadir, " opposite to," used elliptically for nadir-es-semt, "opposite to the zenith ")

Nadir Shah are believed to have successively crossed the Indus at or about this spot in their respective invasions of India . The See also:

• RIVER

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 See also:

• GORGES, SIR FERDINANDO (c. 1566-1647)

gorges through which it flows, with a distant view of the See also:

• HINDU

Hindu Kush, See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form some of the finest scenery in the See also:

• WORLD

world . In 1883 an See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron girder See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge of five spans was opened, which carries the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-Western railway to Peshawar, and has also a subway for wheeled See also:

• TRAFFIC

traffic and See also:

• FOOT

foot passengers . The fort of Attock was built by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• AKBAR, AKHBAR

Akbar in 1581, on a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low hillock beside the river . The walls are of polished See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, and the whole structure is handsome; but from a military point of view it is of little importance, being commanded by a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill, from which it is divided only by a See also:

• RAVINE

ravine . On the opposite See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the river is the See also:

• VILLAGE

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 .