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Mithankot is located on the right (west) bank of the Indus river, only a short distance downstream from its junction with Panjnad River. The latter is formed by successive confluence of the five rivers of Punjab, namely Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Beas and Sutlej. Panjnad river is approximately 45 miles in length and joins the Sindhu river just above Mithankot. Because of its location at the confluence of major rivers, Mithankot was labelled as Allahabad (confluence of Ganga and Yamuna rivers) of the Indus by some historians. Early Greek historians and later Arab geographers have described a settlement named Pasipeda and Besmaid respectively on the western bank of the Indus river near its junction with the Satluj river. It is possible that this settlement was later renamed as Mithankot.

It is an ancient and historic town in the extreme southwest part of the province of Punjab in Pakistan; currently it is a part of the Rajanpur tehsil of the Rajanpur district. Previously Mithankot as well as Rajanpur were parts of the Dera Ghazi Khan District of Punjab, Pakistan.

The districts of Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan are located in Derajat, the narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Sindhu river (Indus river) on the east and Sulaiman hills on the west, these are the only two districts of Punjab (Pakistan) which are located entirely west of the Indus river; they form the link between upper and lower Indus plains. The town of Mithankot is the generally accepted border between the two Indus plains. Rajanpur, Asni, Chacharan and Umerkot are some of the significant towns in the vicinity of Mithankot. In various books written in nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Mithankot has been spelled as Mitankot, Mithenkote, Mithinkote, Mithunkote or Mittunkote.