Shikarpur
an important trading town and capital of a district in the N. of Sind, India, 18 miles W. of the Indus, on the railway leading to Quetta and Pishin. Before the opening of this railway it was a place of very considerable commercial importance, owing to its situation on one of the principal routes between India and Khorassan-viz.: that by the Bolan Pass. It occupies a very low site, the adjacent country being often inundated, but the soil is extremely fertile and yields heavy crops of grain and fruits. Carpets, coarse cottons, furniture, baskets, etc., are made in the town. Pop. about 54,000.