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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, , 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.

The area included in Sindh Sagar Doab is extremely rich in history, culture, archaeology and various shades of society. Geographically also it includes different types of landscape, flora and fauna. This website is basically meant to cover all these shades in due course of time.


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