▁S ind ri ▁fort ▁was ▁partly ▁dam aged ▁by ▁an ▁earth qu ake ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 8 1 9 ▁and ▁the ▁land ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁subs ided ▁and ▁was ▁sub mer ged ▁by ▁r ushing ▁waters . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁who ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁fort ▁clim bed ▁up ▁a ▁tower ▁and ▁were ▁saved ▁by ▁boats . ▁A ▁strip ▁of ▁land ▁running ▁for ▁fifty ▁miles ▁and ▁lying ▁five ▁miles ▁from ▁the ▁fort ▁rose ▁up ▁after ▁the ▁earth qu ake ▁to ▁form ▁an ▁emb ank ment . ▁This ▁strip ▁was ▁noticed ▁by ▁the ▁people ▁at ▁the ▁fort ▁and ▁named ▁as ▁" Al lah ▁bund " ▁or ▁the ▁m ound / emb ank ment ▁of ▁Al lah ▁or ▁God . ▁The ▁Ind us ▁river ▁changed ▁its ▁course ▁gradually ▁after ▁the ▁earth qu ake ▁and ▁cut ▁through ▁the ▁newly ▁created ▁bund . ▁▁ ▁Al lah ▁bund ▁is ▁now ▁thought ▁to ▁indicate ▁a ▁fault ▁line . ▁When ▁Alexander ▁Burn es ▁visited ▁the ▁site ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 8 ▁he ▁found ▁a ▁single ▁tower ▁rising ▁above ▁the ▁water . ▁The ▁cat ast roph ic ▁change ▁in ▁the ▁landscape ▁was ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁ge ological ▁change ▁by ▁Charles ▁Ly ell ▁in ▁his ▁land mark ▁Princi ples ▁of ▁Ge ology ▁( 1 8 3 2 ). ▁Ign ati us ▁D onn elly ▁used ▁the ▁destruction ▁and ▁sub mer gence ▁of ▁S ind ri ▁Fort ▁as ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁Atl ant is ▁in ▁his ▁ 1 8 8 2 ▁book ▁Atl ant is : ▁The