text:  As far as Loodeana indeed our frontier on the Sutlej has long been well established and defined by our recognition of the Sikh kingdom on the opposite bank;--but the possessions of the chief of Bhawulpoor extending on the left bank nearly from Loodeana to the confluence of the Sutlej with the Indus have hitherto been almost exempt from British interference;[35] as have also the petty Rajpoot states of Bikaneer Jesulmeer &c