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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''

=Larkana Town=
Head-quarters of Larkana District, Sind, Bom-
bay, situated in 27° 33’N.and68° 16' E., on the south bank of the
Ghar canal, 40 miles south-west of Shikarpur town, and 36 north-east
of Mehar, and on the North-Western Railway. Population (1901),
14,543. The country surrounding Larkana is fertile and populous,
and perhaps the finest tract in the whole of the province. The spa-
cious walks, well laid-out gardens, and luxuriant foliage, have gained
for Larkana the title of the ' Eden of Sind.' It is one of the most
important grain marts of Sind, and is famous for a variety of rice
called sugddsi. There is a large local traffic in metals, cloth, and
leather. The principal manufactures are cloth of mixed silk and
cotton, coarse cotton cloth, metal vessels, and leathern goods.

The
town contains a dispensary, an Anglo-vernacular school attended by
80 pupils, and a vernacular school with three branches, attended
altogether by 379 pupils. The chief local object of interest is the
tomb of Shah Baharah, who was a military officer of Nur Muhammad
Kalhora and died in 1735. Of modern buildings the most noteworthy
are the Collector's office, a fine domed building with an ornamental
Darbar hall, erected in 1902 ; and a neatly-built school and boarding-
house for the sons of zafmnddrs, erected by public subscription in the
same year. This school has 60 inmates and teaches English and
SindT. The municipality, established in 1855, had an average income
of Rs. 46,000 during the decade ending 1901. In 1903-4 the income
was Rs. 54,000.

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