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See also:JHELUM, or JEHLAM (Hydaspes of the Greeks) , a See also:river of See also:northern See also:India . It is the most See also:westerly of the " five See also:rivers " of the See also:Punjab . It rises in the See also:north-See also:east of the See also:Kashmir See also:state, flows through the See also:city of See also:Srinagar and the Wular See also:lake, issues through the Pir Panjal range by the narrow pass of Baramula, and enters See also:British territory in the See also:Jhelum See also:district . Thence it flows through the plains of the Punjab, forming the boundary between the Jech See also:Doab and the See also:Sind See also:Sagar Doab, and finally joins the See also:Chenab at Timmu after a course of 450 See also:miles . The Jhelum See also:colony, in the See also:Shahpur district of the Punjab, formed on the example of the Chenab colony in 1901, is designed to contain a See also:total irrigable See also:area of 1,130,000 acres . The Jhelum See also:canal is a smaller See also:work than the Chenab canal, but its silt is noted for its fertilizing qualities . Both projects have brought See also:great prosperity to the cultivators . |
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