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'''Kirana Bar''' (also spelt '''Karana'''; {{lang-pa|کرانہ بار}}) is the section of the [[Bar region]] in western Punjab located between the rivers [[Jhelum River|Jhelum]] and [[Chenab]].<ref name=Dawn>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1112454 |title=Punjab Notes: Bar: forgotten glory of Punjab|newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|first=Mushtaq |last=Soofi|date=13 June 2014|access-date=26 May 2023}}</ref> It comprises the central and southern parts of [[Jech Doab]], and corresponds to the present-day [[Mandi Bahauddin District|Mandi Bahauddin]], [[Sargodha District|Sargodha]] and [[Gujrat District|Gujrat]] districts.

Kirana Bar is named after [[Kirana Hills Site|Kirana Hills]], a mountain range present in the region. It is also known as '''Gondal Bar''', after the Punjabi clan of [[Gondal (clan)|Gondals]] who held the tract in the 18th century.<ref name=Ahsan>{{Cite book |last=Ahsan |first=Aitzaz|author-link=Aitzaz Ahsan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DSauCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT149 |title=The Indus Saga |date=2005|publisher=Roli Books|isbn=978-93-5194-073-9 |language=en|pages=149–150}}</ref>