Pani Koti, the ruined city near Bisa in Kharian, is linked by tradition to King Porus and Alexander. What the old chronicles say about its founders and ruins.
Chib history sources: an annotated guide to all 33 works in the 1997 Chib bibliography, from Rajatarangini and Rose to Tarikh-e-Chibhal and family papers.
Who wrote the history of the Chibs? Thakur Major Singh’s Tarikh-e-Chibhal (1926), the unpublished manuscripts, Rose, Griffin and the 1868 Gujrat Settlement.
The Pothi Rajgan of Kharian and the Rajgan of Lehri near Mangla share one Chib ancestor. Their Sikh-era jagirs, British titles, officials and family trees.
Thotha Rai Bahadur near Kharian is the seat of the Rais of Khari Kariali: its Mughal-era founding, the feud that cut 84 villages to 22, and its chiefs.
The Ghanial Chibs descend from Raja Ghanni Khan of Bhimber. Explore their villages in Kharian, from Lathori to Jaipur, and the soldiers they produced.