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<p class="center"><b>Transcriber's Note:</b></p>
@@ -220,12 +181,12 @@ in favor of the text.</p>
</div>
<p class="center">MACMILLAN AND CO., <span class="smcap">Limited</span><br />
-LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA<br />
+LONDON · BOMBAY · CALCUTTA<br />
MELBOURNE</p>
<p class="center">THE MACMILLAN COMPANY<br />
-NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO<br />
-ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO</p>
+NEW YORK · BOSTON · CHICAGO<br />
+ATLANTA · SAN FRANCISCO</p>
<p class="center">THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, <span class="smcap">Ltd.</span><br />
TORONTO</p>
@@ -323,7 +284,7 @@ Sir A. Cunningham's <i>Coins of Alexander's Successors
in Kabul</i>. For the Arab phase of commercial
exploration I am indebted to Sir William Ouseley's
translation, <i>Oriental Geography of Ibn Haukel</i>, and
-the <i>Géographie d'Edrisi; traduite par P. Aimedée
+the <i>Géographie d'Edrisi; traduite par P. Aimedée
Joubert</i>. For more modern records the official reports
of Burnes, Lord, and Leech on Afghanistan;
Burnes' <i>Travels into Bokhara, etc.; Cabul</i>, by the
@@ -492,7 +453,7 @@ Gates</span></td>
<td class="tdb" colspan="3">CHAPTER VII</td>
</tr>
<tr>
-<td class="tda"><span class="smcap">Mediæval Geography&mdash;Seistan and Afghanistan</span></td>
+<td class="tda"><span class="smcap">Mediæval Geography&mdash;Seistan and Afghanistan</span></td>
<td class="tdr"><a href="#Page_190">190</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
@@ -1089,7 +1050,7 @@ of expression.
<p>It was between the sixth century <span class="s08">B.C.</span> and the
days of Herodotus that Miletus was destroyed,
and captive Greeks were transported by Darius
-Hystaspes from the Lybian Barké to Baktria,
+Hystaspes from the Lybian Barké to Baktria,
where we find traces of them again under their
original Greek name in the northern regions of
Afghanistan. It was long ere the days of Darius
@@ -1490,7 +1451,7 @@ itself is exceedingly instructive, indicating that the
Pactyans, or Pathans, or Pukhtu speaking peoples
have occupied the districts of the Upper Indus for
four-and-twenty centuries at least; and coincident
-with them we learn that the Aprytæ or Afridi
+with them we learn that the Aprytæ or Afridi
shared the honour of being resident landowners.
Nor need we suppose that the beginning of this
history was the beginning of their existence. The
@@ -1576,7 +1537,7 @@ of the Indian trans-frontier, although Bunbury
associates the name Kaspioi with the Caspian Sea.
It is far more likely that the Kaspioi of Herodotus
are to be recognized as the people of the ancient
-Kaspira or Kasmira, and the Daritæ as the Daraddesa
+Kaspira or Kasmira, and the Daritæ as the Daraddesa
(Dards) of the contiguous mountains. All
Kashmir, even to the borders of Tibet (whence
came the story of the gold-digging ants), was well
@@ -2423,7 +2384,7 @@ place-name now to be recognized anywhere on the
Indus banks. But any unusual relic of the past, the
story of which has passed beyond the memory of
the present tribes-people (even though it may be
-obviously of mediæval Arabic origin), is invariably
+obviously of mediæval Arabic origin), is invariably
attributed to Alexander. It is, however, chiefly
in the sculpture and decorations of Buddhist
buildings (which never existed in Alexander's
@@ -2815,7 +2776,7 @@ Balkh consists of about 500 houses of Afghan
settlers, a colony of Jews, and a small bazaar set
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">72</a></span>
in the midst of a waste of ruins and many acres
-of debris. The walls of the city are 6½ or 7 miles
+of debris. The walls of the city are 6½ or 7 miles
in perimeter; in some places they are supported
by a rampart like the walls of Herat. These, of
course, are modern, as is the fort and citadel, or
@@ -3121,7 +3082,7 @@ of Seistan, however, is quite a different Helmund
from the same river nearer its source. Its character
changes from the point where it makes its great
bend northward towards its final exit into the
-lagoons and swamps of the Hamún. At Chaharburjak,
+lagoons and swamps of the Hamún. At Chaharburjak,
where the high-road to Seistan from the
south crosses the river into Afghan territory, the
Helmund is a wide rippling stream (when not in
@@ -3423,14 +3384,14 @@ Afghanistan</i> (<i>Asiatic Quarterly</i>, October 1891) is
at least interesting. He points out that the
captive Greeks who were transported in the sixth
century <span class="s08">B.C.</span> by Darius Hystaspes from the Lybian
-Barké to Baktrian territory were still occupying a
-village called Barké in the time of Herodotus.
+Barké to Baktrian territory were still occupying a
+village called Barké in the time of Herodotus.
A century later again during the Macedonian
campaign, Kyrenes, or Kyreneans, existed in that
region according to Arrian, and it is difficult to
account for them in that part of Asia unless they
were the descendants of those same exiles from
-Barké, a colony of Kyrene whom Darius originally
+Barké, a colony of Kyrene whom Darius originally
transported to Baktria. They were in possession
of the Kaoshan Pass too, and might have rendered
very effective aid to Alexander during his passage
@@ -3512,7 +3473,7 @@ owing to the completeness with which these
flanking expeditions were carried out that he was
able to keep open his connection with Greece.
There have been discussions as to the route which
-he followed. Hyphæstion, in command of the
+he followed. Hyphæstion, in command of the
main body, undoubtedly followed the main route
which would take him most directly to the plains of
the Punjab, which route is sufficiently well indicated
@@ -3676,7 +3637,7 @@ included the Hyspaspists, who were comparatively
lightly armed, with the archers, the "companion"
cavalry and the lancers, was evidently picked for
mountain warfare. The heavier brigades were with
-Hyphæstion who struck out by the straightest route
+Hyphæstion who struck out by the straightest route
for Peukelaotis, which has been identified with an
ancient site about 17 miles to the north-east
of Peshawur on the eastern bank of the Swat
@@ -3703,7 +3664,7 @@ the junction of the Kao River.</p>
<p>It is far more impossible to identify the actual
sites of Alexander's first military engagements than
it is to say, for instance, at this period of history,
-where Cæsar landed in Great Britain, as we have
+where Cæsar landed in Great Britain, as we have
no means of making exhaustive local inquiries; but
subsequent history clearly indicates that his next
step after settling the Laghman tribes was to push
@@ -3988,17 +3949,17 @@ has therefore been generally accepted for many
years, and it has remained for our latest authority
to question it seriously.</p>
-<p>The latest investigator into the archæological
+<p>The latest investigator into the archæological
interests of the Indian trans-frontier is Dr. M. A.
Stein, the Inspector-General of Education in India.
The marvellous results of his researches in Chinese
Turkistan have rendered his name famous all over
-the archæological world, and it is to him that we
+the archæological world, and it is to him that we
owe an entirely new conception of the civilization of
Indo-China during the Buddhist period. Dr. Stein's
methods are thorough. He leaves nothing to speculation,
and indulges in no romance, whatever may be
-the temptation. He takes with him on his archæological
+the temptation. He takes with him on his archæological
excursions a trained native surveyor of the
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_110" id="Page_110">110</a></span>
Indian survey, and he thus not only secures an
@@ -4151,13 +4112,13 @@ to Embolina, which is said to be a city close adjoining
the rock of Aornos. On the route thither he is
said by Arrian to have taken "many other small
towns seated upon that river," <i>i.e</i>. the Indus; two
-princes of that province, Cophæus and Assagetes,
+princes of that province, Cophæus and Assagetes,
accompanying him. This sufficiently indicates that
his march must have been up the right bank of the
Indus, which would be the natural route for him to
follow. Arrived at Embolina, he arranged for a
base of supplies at that point, and then, with
-"Archers, Agrians, Cænus' Troop" and the
+"Archers, Agrians, Cænus' Troop" and the
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_115" id="Page_115">115</a></span>
choicest, best armed, and most expeditious foot
out of the whole army, besides 200 auxiliary horse
@@ -4476,10 +4437,10 @@ to previous invasions of India from Greece, which
were regarded as historical in Arrian's time. However,
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_125" id="Page_125">125</a></span>
as soon as Alexander arrived at Nysa a
-deputation of Nysæans, headed by one Akulphis,
+deputation of Nysæans, headed by one Akulphis,
waited on him, and, after recovering from the
astonishment that his extraordinary appearance inspired,
-they presented a petition. "The Nysæans
+they presented a petition. "The Nysæans
entreat thee O King, for the reverence thou bearest
to Dionysos, their God, to leave their city untouched
... for Bacchus ... built this city for an
@@ -4509,7 +4470,7 @@ and calling loudly upon the god, not only by the
name of Dionysos, but by all his other names."
A sort of Bacchic orgy!</p>
-<p>But who were the Nysæans, and what became
+<p>But who were the Nysæans, and what became
of them? In Arrian's <i>Indika</i> he says: "The Assakenoi"
(who inhabited the Swat valley east of
Nysa) "are not men of great stature like the
@@ -4534,7 +4495,7 @@ tribes of to-day, there seems no sound reason for
disputing the origin of this particular name.</p>
<p>Ptolemy barely mentions Nysa, but we learn
-something about the Nysæans from fragments of
+something about the Nysæans from fragments of
the <i>Indika</i> of Megasthenes, which have been collected
by Dr. Schwanbeck and translated by
M'Crindle. We learn that this pre-Alexandrian
@@ -4564,7 +4525,7 @@ on going forth to war, and on other occasions,
marched in Bacchic fashion with drums beating,"
etc.</p>
-<p>Again we find, in a fragment quoted by Polyænus,
+<p>Again we find, in a fragment quoted by Polyænus,
that Dionysos, "in his expedition against the
Indians, in order that the cities might receive
him willingly, disguised the arms with which he
@@ -4584,7 +4545,7 @@ subjugation of India by a Western race (who may
have been of Greek origin) before the invasions of
Assyrian, Mede, or Persian. It could not well have
been later than the sixth century <span class="s08">B.C.</span>, and might
-have been earlier by many centuries. The Nysæans,
+have been earlier by many centuries. The Nysæans,
whose city Alexander spared, were the descendants
of those conquerors who, coming from the West,
were probably deterred by the heat of the plains of
@@ -4663,7 +4624,7 @@ the new script. "The subject of this sculpture
seems to be a Bacchic procession." What if it
really is a Bacchic procession, and the characters
thereon inscribed prove to be an archaic form of
-Greek&mdash;the forgotten forms of the Nysæan alphabet?</p>
+Greek&mdash;the forgotten forms of the Nysæan alphabet?</p>
<p>Whilst surveying in the Kunar valley along
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_131" id="Page_131">131</a></span>
@@ -5148,10 +5109,10 @@ sea in all this part of the Asiatic coast-line.</p>
<p>Alexander left Patala about the beginning of
September 326 <span class="s08">B.C.</span> to push his way through the
-country of the Arabii and Oritæ to Gadrosia (or
+country of the Arabii and Oritæ to Gadrosia (or
Makran) and Persia. The Arabii occupied the
country between Karachi and the Purali (or river
-of Las Bela), and the Oritæ and Gadrosii apparently
+of Las Bela), and the Oritæ and Gadrosii apparently
combined with other tribes to hold the country that
lay beyond the Purali (or Arabius). He had previously
done all that a good general can do to ensure
@@ -5214,20 +5175,20 @@ force to the Arabius; and that is all. But from
Quintus Curtius we learn that it was nine marches
to Krokala (a point easier of identification than
most, from the preservation of the name which survived
-through mediæval ages in the Karak&mdash;the
+through mediæval ages in the Karak&mdash;the
much-dreaded pirate of the coast&mdash;and can now be
recognized in Karachi) and five marches thence to
the Arabius. He started in cool monsoon weather.
His route, after leaving Krokala, is determined by
the natural features of the country as then existing.
There was no shore route in these days. Alexander
-followed the subsequent mediæval route which
+followed the subsequent mediæval route which
connected Makran with Sind in the days of Arab
ascendancy, a route that has been used as a highway
into India for nearly eight centuries. It is not
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_149" id="Page_149">149</a></span>
the route which now connects Karachi and Las
-Bela, but belongs to the later mediæval phase of
+Bela, but belongs to the later mediæval phase of
history. As the sea then extended at least to
Liari, in the basin of the Purali or Arabius, we
are obliged to locate the position of his crossing
@@ -5249,10 +5210,10 @@ required for subsequent operations. After crossing,
we are told that Alexander "turned to his left
towards the sea" (from which he was evidently
distant some space), and with a picked force he
-made a sudden descent on the Oritæ. He marched
+made a sudden descent on the Oritæ. He marched
one night only through desert country and in the
morning came to a well-inhabited district. Pushing
-on with cavalry only, he defeated the Oritæ, and
+on with cavalry only, he defeated the Oritæ, and
then later joining hands with the rest of his forces,
he penetrated to their capital city. For these
operations he must necessarily have been hedged
@@ -5260,11 +5221,11 @@ operations he must necessarily have been hedged
in between the Purali and Hala range, which he
clearly had not crossed as yet. Now we are
expressly told by Arrian that the capital city of
-the Oritæ was but a village that did duty for the
+the Oritæ was but a village that did duty for the
capital, and that the name of it was Rambakia.
-The care of it was committed to Hephæstion
+The care of it was committed to Hephæstion
that he might colonize it after the fashion of the
-Greeks. But we find that Hephæstion certainly
+Greeks. But we find that Hephæstion certainly
did not stay long there, and could only have left
the native village as he found it, with no very
extensive improvements.</p>
@@ -5282,7 +5243,7 @@ latter has but recently been uncovered from the
sand, but an existing mud wall and its position
on the coast indicate that it is not old enough for
our purpose. The other, Khair Kot, is an undoubted
-relic of mediæval Arab supremacy. It
+relic of mediæval Arab supremacy. It
is the Kambali of Idrisi on the high-road from
Armail (now Bela) to the great Sind port of
Debal, and the record of it belongs to another
@@ -5297,7 +5258,7 @@ evidence.</p>
<p>From Rambakia Alexander proceeded with half
his targeteers and part of his cavalry to force the
-pass which the Gadrosii and Oritæ had conjointly
+pass which the Gadrosii and Oritæ had conjointly
seized "with the design of stopping his progress."
This pass might either have been the turning pass
at the northern end of the Hala, or it might have
@@ -5306,10 +5267,10 @@ River springs farther on. I should think it was
probably the former, where there is better room for
cavalry to act.</p>
-<p>Immediately after defeating the Oritæ (who
+<p>Immediately after defeating the Oritæ (who
apparently made little resistance) Alexander appointed
Leonatus, with a picked force, to support
-the new Governor of Rambakia (Hephæstion having
+the new Governor of Rambakia (Hephæstion having
rejoined the army), and left him to make arrangements
for victualling the fleet when it arrived,
whilst he pushed on through desert country into
@@ -5349,7 +5310,7 @@ Alexander's route to Pura, the capital of Gadrosia.
Three chapters are full of most graphic and lively
descriptions of the difficulties and horrors of that
march. We only hear that he reached Pura sixty
-days after leaving the country of the Oritæ, and
+days after leaving the country of the Oritæ, and
there is no record of the number of troops that
survived. Luckily, however, the log kept by the
admiral of the fleet, Nearkhos, comes into our
@@ -5466,13 +5427,13 @@ weather was made, and two galleys and a transport
were lost. It was at Krokala that they joined hands
with the army again. Here Nearkhos formed a
camp, and it was "in this part of the country" that
-Leonatus defeated the Oritæ and their allies in a
+Leonatus defeated the Oritæ and their allies in a
great battle wherein 6000 were slain. Arrian adds
that a full account of the action and its sequel, the
crowning of Leonatus with a golden crown by
Alexander, is given in his other work, but as a
matter of fact the other account is so entirely
-different (representing the Oritæ as submitting
+different (representing the Oritæ as submitting
quietly) that we can only suppose this to have been
a separate and distinct action from the cavalry
skirmish mentioned before.</p>
@@ -5618,7 +5579,7 @@ more properly Hashtala, sometimes even called
Haftala. I am unable to determine the meaning
of the termination to which the numerals are
prefixed. Another name for it is Sangadip, which
-is also the mediæval name for Ceylon. There can
+is also the mediæval name for Ceylon. There can
be no doubt about the identity of this island of sun
worship and historic fable.</p>
@@ -5629,7 +5590,7 @@ nearer the modern telegraph line. So far he had
almost step by step followed out the subsequent
line of the Indo-Persian telegraph, and at the
Hingol he was not very far south of it. Near here
-Leonatus had had his fight with the Oritæ, and
+Leonatus had had his fight with the Oritæ, and
Alexander had spent much time (for it must be
remembered that he started a month before his fleet,
and that the fleet and Leonatus at least joined hands
@@ -5695,13 +5656,13 @@ coast.</p>
point Alexander left the Hingol, but for the
survival of names given in history as those of a
people with whom he had to contend, viz. the
-Parikanoi, the Sagittæ, and the Sakæ, names
+Parikanoi, the Sagittæ, and the Sakæ, names
not mentioned by Arrian. Now, Herodotus gives
the Parikanoi and Asiatic Ethiopians as being the
inhabitants of the seventeenth satrapy of the Persian
Empire, and Bellew suggests that the Greek
Parikanoi is a Greek transcript of the Persian form
-of Parikan, the plural of the Sanscrit Parvá-ka&mdash;or,
+of Parikan, the plural of the Sanscrit Parvá-ka&mdash;or,
in other words, the <i>Ba-rohi</i>&mdash;or men of the hills.
However this may be, there is the bed of the
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_164" id="Page_164">164</a></span>
@@ -5711,7 +5672,7 @@ we need look no farther for the Parikanoi. In
support of Bellew's theory it may be stated that it
is not only in the heart of the Brahui country, but
the Sajidi are still a tribe of Jalawan Brahuis, of
-which the chief family is called Sakæ, and that they
+which the chief family is called Sakæ, and that they
occupy territory in Makran a little to the north of
the Parkan. There is every reason why Alexander
should have selected this route. It was his first
@@ -5766,10 +5727,10 @@ naturally have led him. He clearly lost his way,
as Arrian says he did, or else the estimated number
of marches is wrong. We are told by Arrian that
he reached Pura, the capital of Gadrosia, on the
-sixtieth day after leaving the country of the Oritæ.
+sixtieth day after leaving the country of the Oritæ.
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_166" id="Page_166">166</a></span>
This is a little indefinite, as he may be considered
-to have left the country of the Oritæ when he
+to have left the country of the Oritæ when he
started to collect supplies from the northern district,
and we do not know how long he was on this
reconnaissance. Probably, however, the date of
@@ -6027,10 +5988,10 @@ read Fa Hian's account of the great car procession,
we are no longer surprised at the effect
which Buddhist symbolism exercised on its disciples.
Fa Hian and his fellow-travellers were
-lodged in a sanghârâma, or temple of the "Great
+lodged in a sanghârâma, or temple of the "Great
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_175" id="Page_175">175</a></span>
Vehicle," where were three thousand priests "who
-assemble to eat at the sound of the <i>ghantâ</i>. On
+assemble to eat at the sound of the <i>ghantâ</i>. On
entering the dining hall their carriage is grave and
demure, and they take their seats in regular order.
All of them keep silence; there is no noise with
@@ -6038,13 +5999,13 @@ their eating bowls; when the attendants give more
food they are not allowed to speak to one another
but only to make signs with the hand." "In this
country," says Fa Hian, "there are fourteen great
-sanghârâmas. From the first day of the fourth
+sanghârâmas. From the first day of the fourth
month they sweep and water the thoroughfares
within the city and decorate the streets. Above
the city gate they stretch an awning and use every
kind of adornment. This is when the King and
Queen and Court ladies take their place. The
-Gomâti priests first of all take their images in the
+Gomâti priests first of all take their images in the
procession. About three or four li from the city
they make a four-wheeled image car about 30 feet
high, in appearance like a moving palace adorned
@@ -6125,7 +6086,7 @@ appear to be indications of a close connection
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_178" id="Page_178">178</a></span>
between these two centres of Buddhism. The great
temple a mile or two to the west of Khotan, called
-the Nava Sanghârâma, or royal new temple, is the
+the Nava Sanghârâma, or royal new temple, is the
same as that to the south-west of Balkh, according
to a later traveller, Hiuen Tsiang, while the kings
of Khotan were said to be descended from Vaisravana,
@@ -6501,7 +6462,7 @@ of the world's physiography, and recording it.
<h2>CHAPTER VII</h2>
-<p class="center">MEDIÆVAL GEOGRAPHY&mdash;SEISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN</p>
+<p class="center">MEDIÆVAL GEOGRAPHY&mdash;SEISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN</p>
<p class="p2">It was about eight centuries before Buddhism,
debased and corrupted, tainted with Siva worship
@@ -6556,7 +6517,7 @@ directors for public works in Europe, Asia, and
Africa. The might of the sword of Islam but
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_192" id="Page_192">192</a></span>
carved the way for the slave-owner and the
-merchant to follow. Thus it is that mediæval
+merchant to follow. Thus it is that mediæval
records of exploration in Afghanistan and Baluchistan
are mostly Arab records; and it is from
them that we learn the "open sesame" of India's
@@ -6613,7 +6574,7 @@ those practical geographers who have left us their
records of travel in the East; but there are indications
of an occasional influx of Arabs from the
coasts of Southern Arabia about whom we learn
-nothing whatever from mediæval histories. It will
+nothing whatever from mediæval histories. It will
be at any rate interesting to discuss the general
trend of exploration and travel, associated either
with pilgrimage or commerce, which distinguished
@@ -6689,7 +6650,7 @@ time, with the assistance of wind and weather, can
accomplish that. But it is remarkable with what
completeness time succeeds. I have stood on the
site of a buried city in Sind&mdash;a city, too, of the
-mediæval era of Arab ascendency&mdash;and have recognized
+mediæval era of Arab ascendency&mdash;and have recognized
no trace of it but what appeared to be the
turbaned effigies of a multitude of faithful mourners
in various expressive attitudes of grief and despair,
@@ -6750,7 +6711,7 @@ phase of the existence of a city the glory of
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_198" id="Page_198">198</a></span>
whose history is to be found in the world-wide
tradition of past centuries. And so it happens
-that, moving in the footsteps of these old mediæval
+that, moving in the footsteps of these old mediæval
commercial travellers, with the story of their travels
in one's hand, and the indications of hill and plain
and river to testify to the way they went, and a
@@ -6780,7 +6741,7 @@ was literally at their feet; and we can now
proceed to trace out some of their principal lines
of route and their chief halting-places in those
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_199" id="Page_199">199</a></span>
-districts of which the mediæval geography has
+districts of which the mediæval geography has
lately become known.</p>
<p>It is not at all necessary, even if it were possible,
@@ -6926,7 +6887,7 @@ year the wind is modified, and then there instantly
arises the plague of insects which render life a
burden to every living thing. And yet Seistan has
played a most important part in the history of Asia,
-and may play an important rôle again.</p>
+and may play an important rôle again.</p>
<p>Arab records are very full of Seistan. The
earliest of them that give any serious geographical
@@ -6948,7 +6909,7 @@ traces the Helmund as running to Seistan first and
then to the Darya-i-Zarah. This is in fact correct,
only the Darya-i-Zarah (or Gaod-i-Zireh, as we
know it) receives no water from the Helmund until
-the great Hamún (lagoons) to the north of Nasratabad
+the great Hamún (lagoons) to the north of Nasratabad
are filled to overflow. He also mentions
two rivers as flowing into the Zarah&mdash;one from
Farah (an important place in his time), which is
@@ -6956,7 +6917,7 @@ impossible, as it would have to cross the Helmund;
and one from Ghur. This indicates almost certainly
that the name Zarah was not confined, as it
is now, to the great salt swamp south of Rudbar on
-the Helmund, but it included the Hamúns north
+the Helmund, but it included the Hamúns north
of Nasratabad, into which the Farah River and
the Ghur River do actually empty themselves. At
present these two great lake systems are separated
@@ -6983,7 +6944,7 @@ available for a flank march on Kandahar.</p>
later, <i>i.e.</i> about the end of the eleventh century, the
Seistan province extended far beyond its present
limits. Bamian and Ghur (<i>i.e.</i> the central hills of
-Afghanistan) were <i>vis-à-vis</i> to that province; Farah
+Afghanistan) were <i>vis-à-vis</i> to that province; Farah
was included; and probably the whole line of the
frontier hills from the Sulimanis, opposite Multan,
to Sibi and Kalat. It was an enormous province,
@@ -7066,7 +7027,7 @@ more rich in fruit and all sorts of productions.
Grapes are transported to Bost (or Bist), a town
two days distant passing by Firozand, which
possesses a big market, and is on the traveller's
-right as he travels to Benjawai, which is <i>vis-à-vis</i>
+right as he travels to Benjawai, which is <i>vis-à-vis</i>
to Derthel." "Rudhan (?Rudbar) is a small town
south of the Helmund."</p>
@@ -7178,7 +7139,7 @@ glowing panegyric by contemporary historians, one
would expect a rather more enthusiastic notice.
But even Kabul (nine days' journey distant from
Ghazni) is only recognized as "<i>L'une des grandes
-villes de l'Inde, entourée de murs</i>," with a "<i>bonne
+villes de l'Inde, entourée de murs</i>," with a "<i>bonne
citadelle et au dehors divers faubourgs</i>."<a name="FNanchor_5" id="FNanchor_5" href="#Footnote_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a></p>
<p>There is little to interest us, however, in tracing
@@ -7200,7 +7161,7 @@ poor and empty of historic monuments. Even now
were Kabul, Kandahar, and Herat, its three great
cities, to be flattened out by a widespread earthquake
there would be little that was not of Buddhist origin
-left for the future archæologist to make a stir about.</p>
+left for the future archæologist to make a stir about.</p>
<p>Idrisi writes of the Kingdom of Ghur as apart
from Herat, although a great part of the long Herat
@@ -7238,7 +7199,7 @@ fair survey of the land of the Chahar Aimak or
of Zamindawar.
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_213" id="Page_213">213</a></span></p>
-<p>The mediæval provinces of Ghur and Bamain
+<p>The mediæval provinces of Ghur and Bamain
figure so largely in the records of Arab geography,
and appear to have been so fully open to commerce
during the centuries succeeding the Arab conquests,
@@ -7380,7 +7341,7 @@ milder climate of the lower hills, into which the
plateau subsides.</p>
<p>Whilst we are chiefly concerned in tracing out
-the mediæval commercial routes of Afghanistan, we
+the mediæval commercial routes of Afghanistan, we
may briefly summarize the events which prove that
those traversed between Herat and the central
kingdoms were important routes, worn smooth by
@@ -7448,7 +7409,7 @@ although it was mountainous, yet enjoyed an excellent
climate. It must have been a military centre
too, with fortresses and places of defence. During
its later history it is clear that Ghur was often
-governed from Herat, but in earlier mediæval days
+governed from Herat, but in earlier mediæval days
Ghur possessed a distinct capital and a separate
entity amongst Afghan kingdoms, and was able to
hold its own against even so powerful an adversary
@@ -7480,7 +7441,7 @@ way to what we are told of this capital.</p>
<p>If we look for the best modern lines of communication
through Central Afghanistan we shall certainly
-find that they correspond with mediæval routes,
+find that they correspond with mediæval routes,
fitting themselves to the conformation of the country.
Central Afghanistan is open to invasion from the
north, west, and south, but not directly from the
@@ -7552,7 +7513,7 @@ Here also are very ancient ruins, and the people
say that they date from the time of Moses. At that
time they say that cups were buried with the dead,
one at the head and one at the foot of the corpse.
-Our native surveyor Imám Sharif saw one of these
+Our native surveyor Imám Sharif saw one of these
cups with an inscription on it, but was unable to
secure the relic.</p>
@@ -7612,7 +7573,7 @@ route.</p>
<p>Since so many routes converge on Daolatyar
at the head of the Hari Rud valley, one would
-naturally look for Daolatyar to figure in mediæval
+naturally look for Daolatyar to figure in mediæval
geography as an important centre. It is not easy,
however, to identify any of the places mentioned
by Idrisi as representing this particular focus of
@@ -7647,7 +7608,7 @@ Eastern geography, for it is only through the
itineraries of these wandering Semetic merchants
and travellers that we can arrive at any estimation
of the peculiar phase of civilization which existed in
-Asia in the mediæval centuries of our era; a period
+Asia in the mediæval centuries of our era; a period
at which there is good reason to suppose that civilization
was as much advanced in the East as in the
West. It is not the professional explorers, nor yet
@@ -7674,7 +7635,7 @@ Indeed, there are evidences of their existence in
Makran long before the days of Alexander; but
there is very little evidence of any overland
approach to India across the Indus. Hindustan,
-to the mediæval Arab, commenced at the Hindu
+to the mediæval Arab, commenced at the Hindu
Kush, and Kabul and Ghazni were "Indian"
frontier towns; and the invasions and conquests
of India dating back to Assyrian times include no
@@ -7813,7 +7774,7 @@ local importance "before Herat had become what
it is now," about 9 miles west of Herat, called
Kharachanabad. This can easily be recognized
in the modern Khardozan, a walled but very
-ancient town, which is about 8½ miles distant.
+ancient town, which is about 8½ miles distant.
Between it and the walls of the city there is
now no place of importance, nor does it appear
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_231" id="Page_231">231</a></span>
@@ -7923,7 +7884,7 @@ tons of slimy detritus in a crawling mass, and
spread it out in fans at their feet. It is not safe
to say that the modern passes of the Paropamisus
north of Herat&mdash;the Ardewan and the Babar&mdash;were
-the passes of mediæval commerce, although the
+the passes of mediæval commerce, although the
Ardewan is marked by certain wells and ruined
caravanserais which show that it has long been
used. It seems possible that these passes may
@@ -7989,7 +7950,7 @@ nor gardens; but "lead is found there, and a small
stream."</p>
<p>The great trade centres of Turkistan, north
-of the Paropamisus, in mediæval days were undoubtedly
+of the Paropamisus, in mediæval days were undoubtedly
near Panjdeh, at the confluence of the
Kushk and Murghab rivers, and at Merv-el-Rud,
or Maruchak. Two or three obvious routes lead
@@ -8038,7 +7999,7 @@ general vague resemblance between the names of
certain old Arab towns and places yet to be found
in the Herat valley and Badghis, it is only here
and there that it has been possible to identify
-the precise position of a mediæval site. The
+the precise position of a mediæval site. The
dependencies of Badghis, enumerated by Idrisi,
require the patient and careful researches of a Stein
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_238" id="Page_238">238</a></span>
@@ -8216,7 +8177,7 @@ Talikan, at one time the seat of government of a
vast area of the Oxus basin. There is, however,
another Talikan<a name="FNanchor_7" id="FNanchor_7" href="#Footnote_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a> in Badakshan to the east of Balkh,
and there are symptoms that some confusion existed
-between the two in the minds of our mediæval
+between the two in the minds of our mediæval
geographers. Ibn Haukel writes of Talikan as
possessing more wholesome air than Merv-el-Rud,
and he refers to the river running between the
@@ -8249,7 +8210,7 @@ caves which have been carved out of the cliffs at
Panjdeh, and not to any site on the river banks.</p>
<p>The confusion which occasionally exists between
-places bearing the same name in mediæval geographical
+places bearing the same name in mediæval geographical
annals is very obvious in Idrisi's description
of Merv. The greater Merv (the Russian
provincial capital) is clearly mixed up in his mind
@@ -8672,7 +8633,7 @@ known, that it may be as well to give a short
description of the existing lines of communication
connecting the Oxus plains and Herat with Bamian
and Kabul, before attempting to follow out their
-mediæval adaptation to commercial intercourse.</p>
+mediæval adaptation to commercial intercourse.</p>
<p>From Balkh, or Mazar-i-Sharif, or from Deh
Dadi (the new fortified position near Mazar) the
@@ -8696,7 +8657,7 @@ up the space from the Elburz to the great divide
of Central Afghanistan. East and west of the
Balkh River the plateau increases in elevation as it
reaches southward, culminating in knolls or peaks
-12,000 and 13,000 feet high about the latitude 35°
+12,000 and 13,000 feet high about the latitude 35°
30', and falling gently where it encloses the actual
sources of the river. It is this plateau, or uplift,
which forms the dominant topographical feature
@@ -8813,7 +8774,7 @@ the Hindu Kush, crossed by nearly every available
pass either into the Ghorband valley or that of the
Panjshir.</p>
-<p>It would almost appear from mediæval geographical
+<p>It would almost appear from mediæval geographical
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_262" id="Page_262">262</a></span>
record that there was no way between
Herat and Kabul that did not lead to the Bamian
@@ -8992,7 +8953,7 @@ with the Band-i-Amir) with the ruined fortresses of
Gawargar and Zohak, wonderful for the multiplicity
of its lines of defence, all attest to the former
position of Bamian in Afghan history and explain its
-prominence in mediæval annals. And yet there is
+prominence in mediæval annals. And yet there is
not much said about the road thither from Balkh, or
onward to the "Indian city" of Kabul.</p>
@@ -9054,7 +9015,7 @@ essayed to reduce that region and make it part of
civilized Afghanistan. Even he was content to leave
it alone after a year or two of vain hammering at
its southern gates. Kafiristan formed part of the
-mediæval province, or kingdom, of Bolor; but it is
+mediæval province, or kingdom, of Bolor; but it is
always written of as the home of an uncouth and
savage race of people, with whom it was difficult to
establish intercourse. Kafiristan is, however, in
@@ -9281,7 +9242,7 @@ anything more perfect than the metal which is
extracted from the mines of Panjshir, a small town
built on a hill at one day's distance from Hariana
and of which the inhabitants are remarkable for
-violence and wickedness (mechanceté) of their
+violence and wickedness (mechanceté) of their
character. The river, which issues from Panjshir,
runs to Hariana as we have said." ... "From
there (? Hariana) to Karwan, southward, two days'
@@ -9319,7 +9280,7 @@ Chapdara Pass, is a modern development.</p>
<p>Here, however, we must take leave of the routes
to India, which are sufficiently dealt with elsewhere,
and returning to Badakshan see if we can unravel
-some of the mediæval geography of the region
+some of the mediæval geography of the region
which stretches eastward to the Oxus affluents and
the Pamirs. We know that between Khotan and
Balkh there was a very well-trodden pilgrim route
@@ -9538,7 +9499,7 @@ to wealth and power of the subsequent Arab.</p>
<img src="images/i_306.jpg" width="550" height="241" alt="" />
<p class="caption">SKETCH MAP
of
-ANCIENT &amp; MEDIÆVAL MAKRAN<br />
+ANCIENT &amp; MEDIÆVAL MAKRAN<br />
to illustrate paper by
COL. T. H. HOLDICH.<br />
<br />
@@ -9771,7 +9732,7 @@ a thousand years, from the withdrawal of Alexander's
attenuated force to the rise and spread of Islam, we
hear nothing of Makran, and we are left to the
traditions of the Baluch tribes to fill up the gap in
-history. What the Arabs made of mediæval Makran
+history. What the Arabs made of mediæval Makran
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_292" id="Page_292">292</a></span>
as a gate of India may be briefly told. Recent
surveys have revealed their tracks, although we
@@ -9870,7 +9831,7 @@ whether that key has been in the hands of Arab,
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_295" id="Page_295">295</a></span>
Turk, Venetian, Portuguese, or Englishman. And
though there are traces of a rapid decline in the
-mediæval prosperity of Makran after the commencement
+mediæval prosperity of Makran after the commencement
of the eleventh century, yet its comparative
remoteness in geographical position saved it subsequently
from the ruthless destruction inflicted by
@@ -9915,7 +9876,7 @@ its physical characteristics. With the exception of
the coast-line the topography of Makran to-day is
the topography of Makran in Alexandrian days.
This is very different indeed from the uncertain
-character of the Indus valley mediæval geography.
+character of the Indus valley mediæval geography.
There the extraordinary hydrographical changes
that have taken place; the shifting of the great
river itself from east to west, dependent on certain
@@ -9924,7 +9885,7 @@ disappearance of ancient channels and river-beds;
the formation of a delta, and the ever-varying alterations
in the coast-line (due greatly to monsoon
influences), leave large tracts almost unrecognizable
-as described in mediæval literature. Makran is, for
+as described in mediæval literature. Makran is, for
the most part, a country of hills. Its valleys are
narrow and sharply defined; its mountains only
passable at certain well-known points, which must
@@ -9960,7 +9921,7 @@ identification of successive stages becomes merely
a matter of local search. We know where the old
Arab cities <i>must</i> have been, and we have but to
look about to find their ruins. The best key,
-perhaps, to this mediæval system is to be found
+perhaps, to this mediæval system is to be found
in a map given by the Baghdad traveller, Ibn
Haukal, who wrote his account of Makran early in
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_298" id="Page_298">298</a></span>
@@ -9970,7 +9931,7 @@ sufficient to give us the clue we require at first
starting. In the written geographical accounts of
the country, we labour under the disadvantage of
possessing no comparative standard of distance.
-The Arab of mediæval days described the distance
+The Arab of mediæval days described the distance
to be traversed between one point and another
much as the Bedou describes it now. It is so
many days' journey. Occasionally, indeed, we find
@@ -10075,7 +10036,7 @@ that Tiz was the port for the commerce of Seistan
in its most palmy days.</p>
<p>From Tiz to Kiz (or Kej, which is reckoned as
-the first big city on the road to India in mediæval
+the first big city on the road to India in mediæval
geography) was, according to Istakhri and Idrisi,
a five-days' journey. Kiz is doubtless synonymous
with Kej, but the long straight valley of that name
@@ -10111,8 +10072,8 @@ more especially as that district lies well to the north
of the direct road to India, were it not for local
evidence that the fertile and flourishing Panjgur
valley must certainly be included somehow in the
-mediæval geographical system, and that the conditions
-of khafila traffic in mediæval times were
+mediæval geographical system, and that the conditions
+of khafila traffic in mediæval times were
such as to preclude the possibility of the more
direct route being utilized. To explain this fully
would demand a full explanation also of the physical
@@ -10250,8 +10211,8 @@ About 8 miles north of Las Bela are the ruins of a
comparatively recent Arab settlement, but they do
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_307" id="Page_307">307</a></span>
not appear to be important. It is probable that
-certain other ruins, about 1½ miles east of the town,
-called Karia Pir, represent the latest mediæval site,
+certain other ruins, about 1½ miles east of the town,
+called Karia Pir, represent the latest mediæval site,
the site which was adopted after the destruction of
the older city by Mahomed Kasim on his way to
invade Sind. Karia Pir is full of Arabic coins and
@@ -10286,9 +10247,9 @@ them as those of Yusli. About Kambali, too,
there can be very little doubt. There are certain
well-known ruins called Khairokot not far to the
west of the village of Liari. We know from
-mediæval description that Kambali was close
+mediæval description that Kambali was close
to the sea, and the sea shaped its coast-line in
-mediæval days so as nearly to touch the site
+mediæval days so as nearly to touch the site
called Khairokot. Even now, under certain conditions
of tide, it is possible to reach Liari in a
coast fishing-boat, although the process of land
@@ -10298,7 +10259,7 @@ occasionally impossible even to reach the fishing
village of Sonmiani itself. The ruins of Khairokot
are so extensive, and yield such large evidences of
Arab occupation that a place must certainly be
-found for them in the mediæval system. Kambali
+found for them in the mediæval system. Kambali
appears to be the only possible solution to the
problem, although it was somewhat off the direct
road between Armail and Debal.</p>
@@ -10400,7 +10361,7 @@ ships with an overland journey which was obviously
performed on a camel, or the days' stages could
never have been accomplished. But the number
of cities in Western Makran and Kirman which still
-exist under their mediæval names, and which are
+exist under their mediæval names, and which are
thickly surrounded with evidences of their former
wealth and greatness, certifies to a former trade
through Persia to India which could have been
@@ -10515,7 +10476,7 @@ frequent and convenient.</p>
<p>I cannot leave this corner of Makran without a
short reference to what lay beyond to the north-west,
on the Kirman border, as it appears to me
-that one or two geographical riddles of mediæval
+that one or two geographical riddles of mediæval
days have recently been cleared up by the results
of our explorations. Idrisi says that "Tubaran is
near Fahraj, which belongs to Kirman. It is a
@@ -10553,7 +10514,7 @@ other is some 16 miles east of Bampur, to the
north-west of Sarbaz. Both are on the banks
of a river, "cultivated and fertile"; both are
the centres of an area of ruins extending for
-miles; both must find a place in mediæval geography.
+miles; both must find a place in mediæval geography.
For many reasons, into which I cannot
fully enter, I am inclined to place the Pahra of
Arrian in the site near Bampur. It suits the
@@ -10586,7 +10547,7 @@ than could possibly have been expected from the
generality of Idrisi's compilation.</p>
<p>I cannot, however, now open up a fresh chapter
-on mediæval geography in Persia. It is Makran
+on mediæval geography in Persia. It is Makran
itself to which I wish to draw attention. In our
thirst for trans-frontier knowledge farther north and
farther west, we have somewhat overlooked this
@@ -10671,7 +10632,7 @@ now in illustrating the geography of Makran and
pointing out its facilities as a land of possible
routes to India, and in showing how the exploration
of Baluchistan and of Western India was secured
-in mediæval times by means of these routes.</p>
+in mediæval times by means of these routes.</p>
<p>It will, then, be interesting to note that at the
eastern extremity of Makran, dovetailed between
@@ -10814,7 +10775,7 @@ a railway the opportunity for invasion of India.
<p class="center">EARLIEST ENGLISH EXPLORATION&mdash;CHRISTIE
AND POTTINGER</p>
-<p class="p2">The Arabs of the Mediæval period, whose footsteps
+<p class="p2">The Arabs of the Mediæval period, whose footsteps
we have been endeavouring to trace, were after
their fashion true geographers and explorers. True
that with them the process of empire-making was
@@ -10897,7 +10858,7 @@ and thirty years after Polo's journey another
European traveller passed through Badakshan and
across the Pamirs. This was the lay Jesuit,
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_328" id="Page_328">328</a></span>
-Benedict Goës, a true geographer, bent on the
+Benedict Goës, a true geographer, bent on the
exploration of Cathay and the reconnaissance of
its capabilities as a mission field. He crossed the
Parwan Pass of the Hindu Kush from Kabul to
@@ -10966,7 +10927,7 @@ as natives in a native ship, and from the
very outset they found it necessary to play up to
their disguise. The port of Sonmiani on the north-eastern
shores of the Arabian Sea was the objective
-in the first instance, and the rôle of horse-dealers
+in the first instance, and the rôle of horse-dealers
in the service of a Bombay firm was the part they
elected to play. How far it really imposed on
Baluch or Afghan it is difficult to say. One
@@ -11154,7 +11115,7 @@ Ferrier mentions the same place subsequently, and
locates it about a day's march to the north of
Kala-i-Fath (which Christie did not visit), and
it must have been one of the most famous of
-mediæval towns in Seistan. But as collective
+mediæval towns in Seistan. But as collective
ruins covering an area of 500 square miles have
been noted by Mr. Tate, the surveyor of the late
Seistan mission, who camped in their midst to
@@ -11175,7 +11136,7 @@ north-west.</p>
track connecting Jalalabad on the Helmund with
Peshawaran on the Farah Rud in dry seasons,
but which disappears in seasons of flood, when
-the two hamúns or lakes of Seistan become
+the two hamúns or lakes of Seistan become
one. Pushing on to Jawani he passed Anardara
on April 4, and reached Herat on the 18th.
His description of Herat is of a very general
@@ -11250,7 +11211,7 @@ surveyed. He struck southwards down the Bado
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_339" id="Page_339">339</a></span>
river, which leads almost directly to Kharan and
the desert beyond it stretching to the Mashkhel
-"hamún" or swamp. He did not visit Kharan
+"hamún" or swamp. He did not visit Kharan
itself, and he apparently misplaces its position by
at least 50 miles, unless, indeed (which is quite
possible), the present site of the Naoshirwani
@@ -11473,7 +11434,7 @@ to be gained by friendship with England, and
the weakness of our support was hardly suspected
until it was disclosed by the results of the first
Afghan war. So Masson and Ferrier assumed the
-rôle of Afghan travellers, clothed in Afghan
+rôle of Afghan travellers, clothed in Afghan
garments, but more or less ignorant of the Afghan
language, living with the people, partaking of their
hospitality, studying their ways, joining their
@@ -11631,7 +11592,7 @@ twenty men sitting in the shade of a rock,
hospitably received and entertained, and news of
the arrival of a European quickly spread. Every
European was expected to be a doctor in those
-days, and Masson had to assume the rôle and make
+days, and Masson had to assume the rôle and make
the most of his limited medical knowledge. He
either prescribed local remedies, or healed the sick
on Christian Science principles with a certain
@@ -11715,7 +11676,7 @@ haze shadowing the rounded outlines of some
ancient stupa, whilst trying to unriddle the tangle
of Afghan politics or taking notes of weird stories
and ancient legends. Nothing seems to have
-come amiss to his inquiring mind. Archæology,
+come amiss to his inquiring mind. Archæology,
numismatics, botany, geology, and history&mdash;it was
all new to him, and an inexhaustible opportunity
lay before him. He certainly made good
@@ -11851,7 +11812,7 @@ geographical knowledge of the eastern fringe of
Kafiristan, whilst the identification of the Koh-i-Mor
with the classic Meros, and of certain sections of
the eastern Kafirs as representative of the ancient
-Nysæans, clearly establishes the Greek connection
+Nysæans, clearly establishes the Greek connection
about which Masson was so sceptical. But the
Kafirs of Central and Western Kafiristan, the inhabitants
of the upper basins of the Alishang and
@@ -12266,12 +12227,12 @@ room for much speculation; but from Sehwan to
Sonmiani his route is not so clear. He started
backwards on his tracks from Sehwan, then struck
southward through lower Sind, passing on his way
-many ancient sites (locally known as "gôt," <i>i.e.</i>
-kôt, or fort), the origin of which he was apparently
+many ancient sites (locally known as "gôt," <i>i.e.</i>
+kôt, or fort), the origin of which he was apparently
unable to determine, but halting at no place with
a name that is still prominent, unless the modern
Pokran represents his Pokar. I am not aware
-whether the "gôts" described by Masson in lower
+whether the "gôts" described by Masson in lower
Sind have as yet been scientifically examined, but
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_372" id="Page_372">372</a></span>
his description of them tallies with that of similar
@@ -12289,7 +12250,7 @@ he was traversing a province which figured as Bodh
in Arab chronicles, and is full of the traces of
Buddhist occupation. Makran, Las Bela, and the
Sind borderland still offer a mine of wealth for
-archæological research. The last two or three days'
+archæological research. The last two or three days'
march was in company with a Bulfut (Lumri)
camel-man, whose mount was shared by Masson.
As the Lumri sowar was in the habit not only of
@@ -12354,7 +12315,7 @@ MacMahon<a name="FNanchor_11" id="FNanchor_11" href="#Footnote_11" class="fnanch
<p>What Masson never seemed to appreciate (any
more than the Arab traders who trod the same roads
-in mediæval centuries) was the change of altitude
+in mediæval centuries) was the change of altitude
that accrued after long travelling over apparently
flat roads. The natural change in the character of
vegetation with the increase of altitude appears,
@@ -12383,7 +12344,7 @@ to their country from Bombay) behaved
with remarkable modesty and good faith, and
altogether belied their natural characteristics of
truculence and treachery. The journey was made
-on camel-back in a kajáwa, a method of travelling
+on camel-back in a kajáwa, a method of travelling
which ensures a good overlook of the proceedings
of the khafila and the country traversed by it, but
which can have few other recommendations. Kandahar,
@@ -12988,7 +12949,7 @@ on archaeological research; and at the close of the
autumn Dr. Gerard, the companion of Lieut. Burnes,
appeared at Kabul. Honigberger's researches, like
those of Gerard, appear to have been confined to
-archæology, and the results of them form an interesting
+archæology, and the results of them form an interesting
story which was given to the world by Eugene
Jacquet; but as neither of these gentlemen can be
said to have contributed to the early geographical
@@ -13013,7 +12974,7 @@ has become quite a favourite resort for tourists.</p>
<p>Masson's story of Afghan intrigue, which is the
substance of Afghan history at this period, is as
-interesting as are his archæological investigations,
+interesting as are his archæological investigations,
for it affords us a view of events which occurred
behind the scenes, shut off from India by the
curtain of the frontier hills; but whilst he thus
@@ -13341,7 +13302,7 @@ man, as an explorer, call for little more comment.
Once again, in the year preceding the disastrous
termination to our first occupation of Kabul, did he
make Karachi and Sonmiani his base of departure
-for a fresh venture in behalf of archæological
+for a fresh venture in behalf of archæological
research in Afghanistan. It was his intention to
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_406" id="Page_406">406</a></span>
proceed to Kandahar and Kabul, but his plans were
@@ -14008,7 +13969,7 @@ regretted that no modern explorer has touched the
valley of Anjuman to the west of Minjan, which,
whilst it is perhaps the main contributor to the
waters of the Kokcha, also appears to have contained
-a recognised route in mediæval times. "If you
+a recognised route in mediæval times. "If you
wish not to go to destruction, avoid the narrow
valley of Koran," is a native warning quoted by
Wood, which seems to apply to the upper Kokcha.
@@ -14021,7 +13982,7 @@ Andarab River, the only possible route eastwards
would be to the head of the Andarab at Khawak,
and thence over the Nawak Pass into the Anjuman
valley. Nor can the Nawak (which is as well known
-a pass as the Khawak) have any <i>raison d'être</i> unless
+a pass as the Khawak) have any <i>raison d'être</i> unless
it connects with that valley. There is, however, the
possibility of a wrong inference from Idrisi's vague
statement. "Badakshan" (which was represented by
@@ -14063,7 +14024,7 @@ winds of the Hindu Kush in their teeth, was
sufficiently trying. These devastated regions seem
to be never free from the plague of wind. It is bad
enough in the Pamirs in summer, but in winter when
-superadded to the effects of a cold registering 6°
+superadded to the effects of a cold registering 6°
below zero it must have been maddening. There
was no great difficulty in crossing the divide between
Zebak (a small but not unimportant town) and the
@@ -14256,7 +14217,7 @@ and undoubtedly this was the road best known to
them across the Hindu Kush, and probably as
much used as the Kaoshan or Parwan passes, which
were more direct. For many centuries, however, in
-mediæval history the Panjshir valley possessed such
+mediæval history the Panjshir valley possessed such
an evil reputation as the home of the worst robbers
in Asia, that a wide berth was given to it by
casual travellers. Timur Shah made good use of it
@@ -14349,7 +14310,7 @@ the great cities of the Oxus plains and Central Asia.</p>
between the mountains and the Oxus, form part of
a region which once represented the wealth of
civilization in Asia. The whole region was dotted
-with towns of importance in mediæval times, and
+with towns of importance in mediæval times, and
the fame of its beauty and wealth had passed down
the ages from the days of Assyria and Greece to
those of the destroying Mongol hordes. From
@@ -14379,7 +14340,7 @@ traced of Moorcroft's travels in Afghan Turkistan.</p>
<p>A previous story of Moorcroft is highly interesting.
An early Tibetan explorer (the celebrated
-Abbé Huc) told a tale of a certain Englishman
+Abbé Huc) told a tale of a certain Englishman
named Moorcroft, who was reported to have lived
in Lhasa for twelve years previous to the year 1838
and who was supposed to have been assassinated on
@@ -14406,7 +14367,7 @@ books (thirty volumes) were recovered, and
the list of them would surprise any modern traveller
who believes in a light and handy equipment. Dr.
Lord's inquiries, in my opinion, effectually dispose
-of the venerable Abbé's story of Moorcroft's
+of the venerable Abbé's story of Moorcroft's
residence at Lhasa; although, of course, the record
of his visit to Western Tibet and the Manasarawar
Lakes earlier in the century must have been well
@@ -14568,7 +14529,7 @@ English.</p>
the unauthorised robbers of the Kabul road
and the official despoilers of the city he paid dearly
for the right of transit through Afghanistan of himself
-and his merchandise. It was this assumed rôle
+and his merchandise. It was this assumed rôle
of merchant (if indeed it was assumed) that hampered
Moorcroft from first to last in his journeys beyond
the frontier of British India. There was something
@@ -14603,7 +14564,7 @@ which his description tallies more or less with that
of Captain Talbot, R.E., who unearthed what is
probably the same relic some sixty years later.
To Moorcroft we owe the identification of Haibak
-with the old mediæval town of Semenjan, and he
+with the old mediæval town of Semenjan, and he
states that he was told on the spot that this was its
ancient name. No such name was recognised sixty
years later, but the evidence of Idrisi's records confirms
@@ -15095,7 +15056,7 @@ service foreigners found honourable employment.
Masson was in the field at the same time as Vigne,
and the success of his antiquarian researches in
Northern Afghanistan, as well as those of Honigberger
-and other archæologists during the time
+and other archæologists during the time
that Dost Mahomed ruled in Kabul, and whilst
the Amir's brother, Jabar Khan, befriended
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_463" id="Page_463">463</a></span>
@@ -15135,7 +15096,7 @@ same trials and difficulties, and enjoying unrestrained
intercourse. This kind of fellowship is
world wide. One can trace a genial spirit of
<i>camaraderie</i> pervading the wanderings of Chinese
-pilgrims, the tracks of mediæval Arab merchants,
+pilgrims, the tracks of mediæval Arab merchants,
the ways of modern missionaries, or the ocean paths
of sailors. Once on the move, with the sweet influences
of primitive nature pervading earth and air
@@ -15209,7 +15170,7 @@ of the ridge. It is quite probable that the ruins
of more than one ancient city are to be found in
the neighbourhood of this very ancient highway.
Ancient as it is, however, it formed no part of the
-mediæval commercial system of the Arabs&mdash;a
+mediæval commercial system of the Arabs&mdash;a
system which apparently did not include the frontier
passes into India; and I have failed to identify
Vigne's Zohaka with any previous indications.
@@ -16211,7 +16172,7 @@ Lash Jowain. From here to Farah and from Farah
once again to Herat, his road was made straight for
him, and we need only note what he has to say
about the extent of the ruins near Sabzawar to be
-convinced that here was the mediæval provincial
+convinced that here was the mediæval provincial
capital of Parwana. At Herat he was enabled
to do what would have saved him a most adventurous
journey (and lost us the pleasure of recording
@@ -16607,7 +16568,7 @@ at all.</p>
<p>But beyond all contention the hidden jewels to
be acquired by scientific research in Badakshan are
-archæological and antiquarian rather than geographical.
+archæological and antiquarian rather than geographical.
Now that Nineveh and Babylon have
yielded up their secrets, there is no such field out of
Egypt for the antiquarian and his spade as the
@@ -16731,7 +16692,7 @@ Our knowledge of the Helmund River (such knowledge,
that is to say, as justifies us in mapping the
course of the river with a firm line) from its sources
ends almost exactly at the intersection of the parallel
-of 34° of North latitude with the meridian of 67°
+of 34° of North latitude with the meridian of 67°
East longitude. For the next 120 miles we really
know nothing about its course, except that it is said
to run nearly straight through the heart of the
@@ -17408,7 +17369,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Altitude:
<ul class="none">
- <li>Abstract, mediæval ignorance of, <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li>
+ <li>Abstract, mediæval ignorance of, <a href="#Page_279">279</a></li>
<li>As a factor in defence, <a href="#Page_419">419</a></li>
</ul></li>
@@ -17475,7 +17436,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Indian invasion by, <a href="#Page_293">293</a>-<a href="#Page_294">4</a></li>
<li>Indian route used by, <i>via</i> Girishk, <a href="#Page_209">209</a></li>
<li>Makran under ascendency of, <a href="#Page_292">292</a>-<a href="#Page_295">5</a></li>
- <li>Methods of, mediæval and modern, <a href="#Page_227">227</a></li>
+ <li>Methods of, mediæval and modern, <a href="#Page_227">227</a></li>
<li>Records of travel by, untrustworthiness of, <a href="#Page_213">213</a></li>
<li>Sab&oelig;an, <a href="#Page_372">372</a></li>
<li>Sind under, <a href="#Page_293">293</a>, <a href="#Page_311">311</a>, <a href="#Page_366">366</a></li>
@@ -17744,7 +17705,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Language of, Persian in origin, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></li>
<li>Lasonoi emigration to, <a href="#Page_30">30</a></li>
<li>Makran. <i>See <a href="#Makran">that title</a></i></li>
- <li>Mediæval geography regarding, <a href="#Page_200">200</a></li>
+ <li>Mediæval geography regarding, <a href="#Page_200">200</a></li>
<li>Mongol invasion of India through, <a href="#Page_526">526</a></li>
<li>Natural features and conditions of, <a href="#Page_32">32</a>-<a href="#Page_33">3</a>, <a href="#Page_47">47</a>, <a href="#Page_373">373</a></li>
<li>Persian Empire including, <a href="#Page_21">21</a></li>
@@ -17908,7 +17869,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Bodh, <a href="#Page_372">372</a></li>
-<li>Bokhara (Sogdiæ):
+<li>Bokhara (Sogdiæ):
<ul class="none">
<li>Alexander's success in, <a href="#Page_92">92</a></li>
<li>Balkh under chief of, <a href="#Page_459">459</a></li>
@@ -17947,7 +17908,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Mingals, <a href="#Page_142">142</a>, <a href="#Page_306">306</a></li>
<li>Revolt of, at Kalat, <a href="#Page_406">406</a>
<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_536" id="Page_536">536</a></span></li>
- <li>Sakæ, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>-<a href="#Page_164">4</a></li>
+ <li>Sakæ, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>-<a href="#Page_164">4</a></li>
<li>Stock of, <a href="#Page_34">34</a></li>
<li>Traditions of, <a href="#Page_142">142</a></li>
</ul></li>
@@ -17970,7 +17931,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Haibak, at, <a href="#Page_264">264</a>-<a href="#Page_265">5</a>, <a href="#Page_511">511</a></li>
<li>Jalalabad, relics at, <a href="#Page_352">352</a></li>
<li>Kashmir, in, <a href="#Page_179">179</a>-<a href="#Page_180">80</a></li>
- <li>Nava Sanghârâma, <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li>
+ <li>Nava Sanghârâma, <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li>
<li>Ritual of, <a href="#Page_174">174</a>-<a href="#Page_176">6</a>, <a href="#Page_181">181</a>-<a href="#Page_182">2</a></li>
<li>Sind, ruins in, <a href="#Page_372">372</a></li>
<li>Swat, in, <a href="#Page_129">129</a></li>
@@ -18111,7 +18072,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Conolly, Lieut., <a href="#Page_390">390</a></li>
-<li>Cophæus, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li>
+<li>Cophæus, <a href="#Page_114">114</a></li>
<li>Court, M., <a href="#Page_455">455</a>, <a href="#Page_457">457</a></li>
@@ -18385,7 +18346,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Firozand, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li>
-<li>Firozkohi (mediæval capital of Ghur), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li>
+<li>Firozkohi (mediæval capital of Ghur), <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li>
<li>Firozkohi plateau:
<ul class="none">
@@ -18514,8 +18475,8 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Ghur, kingdom of:
<ul class="none">
- <li>Description and history of, in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_211">211</a>-<a href="#Page_213">13</a>, <a href="#Page_217">217</a>-<a href="#Page_219">19</a></li>
- <li>Routes through, in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_220">220</a>-<a href="#Page_224">24</a></li>
+ <li>Description and history of, in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_211">211</a>-<a href="#Page_213">13</a>, <a href="#Page_217">217</a>-<a href="#Page_219">19</a></li>
+ <li>Routes through, in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_220">220</a>-<a href="#Page_224">24</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Ghur river, <a href="#Page_204">204</a>, <a href="#Page_221">221</a>, <a href="#Page_488">488</a></li>
@@ -18545,7 +18506,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Gobi desert, <a href="#Page_171">171</a></li>
-<li>Goës, Benedict, <a href="#Page_327">327</a>-<a href="#Page_328">8</a></li>
+<li>Goës, Benedict, <a href="#Page_327">327</a>-<a href="#Page_328">8</a></li>
<li>Goldsmid, General Sir F., <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li>
@@ -18700,17 +18661,17 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Antiquarian treasures in, <a href="#Page_496">496</a></li>
<li>Description of, <a href="#Page_79">79</a> <i>et seq.</i></li>
<li>Nadir Shah in, <a href="#Page_526">526</a></li>
- <li>Pottery débris in, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li>
+ <li>Pottery débris in, <a href="#Page_197">197</a></li>
<li>Survey of, thoroughness of, <a href="#Page_207">207</a></li>
</ul></li>
-<li>Hephæstion, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li>
+<li>Hephæstion, <a href="#Page_94">94</a>, <a href="#Page_95">95</a>, <a href="#Page_99">99</a>, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a></li>
<li><a name="Herat" id="Herat"></a>Herat (Aria):
<ul class="none">
<li>Ancient cities on or near site of, <a href="#Page_77">77</a></li>
<li>Balkh, routes to, <a href="#Page_239">239</a>-<a href="#Page_240">40</a>, <a href="#Page_247">247</a>-<a href="#Page_248">8</a></li>
- <li>Capital of Ghur in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li>
+ <li>Capital of Ghur in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_219">219</a></li>
<li>Christie at, <a href="#Page_336">336</a>-<a href="#Page_337">7</a></li>
<li>Commerce of, during Arab supremacy, <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li>
<li>Defence of, against the Persians (1837), <a href="#Page_402">402</a></li>
@@ -18727,7 +18688,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Panjdeh and Merv, route to, <a href="#Page_236">236</a></li>
<li>Persian satrapy including, <a href="#Page_32">32</a></li>
<li>Persian siege of, <a href="#Page_477">477</a></li>
- <li>Tributary to Ghur in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li>
+ <li>Tributary to Ghur in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Herat valley, <a href="#Page_202">202</a>, <a href="#Page_205">205</a>, <a href="#Page_211">211</a>-<a href="#Page_212">12</a>, <a href="#Page_217">217</a>;
@@ -18748,7 +18709,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Andarab in relation to, <a href="#Page_275">275</a>, <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li>
<li>Command of, <a href="#Page_261">261</a></li>
<li>Masson's account of, <a href="#Page_388">388</a></li>
- <li>Mediæval use of, <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li>
+ <li>Mediæval use of, <a href="#Page_277">277</a></li>
<li>Wood's account of, <a href="#Page_417">417</a>-<a href="#Page_418">18</a></li>
<li>Snow line of, on north and south sides, <a href="#Page_415">415</a></li>
</ul></li>
@@ -18768,7 +18729,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Housab, <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li>
-<li>Huc, Abbé, cited, <a href="#Page_439">439</a>, <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li>
+<li>Huc, Abbé, cited, <a href="#Page_439">439</a>, <a href="#Page_440">440</a></li>
<li>Huec Sheng, <a href="#Page_184">184</a></li>
@@ -18798,7 +18759,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li><i>Iliad</i> cited, <a href="#Page_12">12</a></li>
-<li>Imám Sharif, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li>
+<li>Imám Sharif, <a href="#Page_222">222</a></li>
<li>India (<i>for particular districts, rivers, etc., see their names</i>):
<ul class="none">
@@ -19020,8 +18981,8 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Hicks' tomb at, <a href="#Page_469">469</a></li>
<li>Masson British agent in, <a href="#Page_397">397</a>;
his account of, <a href="#Page_376">376</a>-<a href="#Page_377">7</a></li>
- <li>Mediæval estimate of, as "Indian" town, <a href="#Page_211">211</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_226">226</a>, <a href="#Page_262">262</a>;
- mediæval description quoted, <a href="#Page_211">211</a></li>
+ <li>Mediæval estimate of, as "Indian" town, <a href="#Page_211">211</a>, <a href="#Page_219">219</a>, <a href="#Page_226">226</a>, <a href="#Page_262">262</a>;
+ mediæval description quoted, <a href="#Page_211">211</a></li>
<li>Modern conditions in, social and material, <a href="#Page_377">377</a></li>
<li>Moorcroft's journey to, <a href="#Page_444">444</a></li>
<li>Routes to and from:
@@ -19164,7 +19125,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Kabul compared with, in matter of tolerance, <a href="#Page_377">377</a></li>
<li>Leech's mission to, <a href="#Page_401">401</a>-<a href="#Page_402">402</a></li>
<li>Masson at, <a href="#Page_360">360</a>-<a href="#Page_361">61</a></li>
- <li>Mediæval insignificance of, <a href="#Page_210">210</a></li>
+ <li>Mediæval insignificance of, <a href="#Page_210">210</a></li>
<li>Routes from, to:
<ul class="none">
<li>Ghazni, <a href="#Page_512">512</a></li>
@@ -19324,7 +19285,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Khaibar route to India:
<ul class="none">
<li>Evil reputation of, <a href="#Page_458">458</a></li>
- <li>Hyphæstion's march by, <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li>
+ <li>Hyphæstion's march by, <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li>
<li>Masson's journey by, <a href="#Page_351">351</a>-<a href="#Page_352">2</a></li>
</ul></li>
@@ -19883,7 +19844,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<ul class="none">
<li>Alexander's capture of, <a href="#Page_105">105</a>, <a href="#Page_122">122</a>;
route from, <a href="#Page_113">113</a></li>
- <li>Nysæans at, question as to, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>-<a href="#Page_129">9</a></li>
+ <li>Nysæans at, question as to, <a href="#Page_128">128</a>-<a href="#Page_129">9</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Marabad, <a href="#Page_225">225</a></li>
@@ -20133,7 +20094,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Nassoor, Sheikh, <a href="#Page_497">497</a></li>
-<li>Nava Sanghârâma, <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li>
+<li>Nava Sanghârâma, <a href="#Page_178">178</a></li>
<li>Navigation, ancient, character of, <a href="#Page_13">13</a>, <a href="#Page_56">56</a>-<a href="#Page_57">7</a></li>
@@ -20202,7 +20163,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>War-hymn connected with, <a href="#Page_131">131</a>-<a href="#Page_132">2</a></li>
</ul></li>
-<li>Nysæan inscriptions, question as to, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>-<a href="#Page_130">30</a></li>
+<li>Nysæan inscriptions, question as to, <a href="#Page_129">129</a>-<a href="#Page_130">30</a></li>
<li>Nysaioi, <a href="#Page_126">126</a>-<a href="#Page_127">7</a></li>
</ul>
@@ -20217,11 +20178,11 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Ora (? modern Bazar), <a href="#Page_106">106</a></li>
-<li>Oritæ, <a href="#Page_146">146</a>, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></li>
+<li>Oritæ, <a href="#Page_146">146</a>, <a href="#Page_150">150</a>, <a href="#Page_151">151</a>, <a href="#Page_156">156</a>, <a href="#Page_161">161</a></li>
<li>Orodis, <a href="#Page_241">241</a></li>
-<li><a name="Oxus" id="Oxus"></a>Oxus district, mediæval geography of, <a href="#Page_277">277</a> <i>et seq.</i></li>
+<li><a name="Oxus" id="Oxus"></a>Oxus district, mediæval geography of, <a href="#Page_277">277</a> <i>et seq.</i></li>
<li>Oxus jungles, <a href="#Page_433">433</a></li>
@@ -20253,7 +20214,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li><a name="Pamirs" id="Pamirs"></a>Pamirs:
<ul class="none">
<li>Climate of, <a href="#Page_429">429</a></li>
- <li>Mediæval geography of, <a href="#Page_277">277</a> <i>et seq.</i></li>
+ <li>Mediæval geography of, <a href="#Page_277">277</a> <i>et seq.</i></li>
<li>Routes across, <a href="#Page_502">502</a></li>
<li>Taghdumbash, <a href="#Page_517">517</a></li>
</ul></li>
@@ -20290,7 +20251,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Panjshir valley:
<ul class="none">
- <li>Mediæval reputation of, <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li>
+ <li>Mediæval reputation of, <a href="#Page_435">435</a></li>
<li>Timur in, <a href="#Page_355">355</a>-<a href="#Page_356">6</a></li>
<li>otherwise mentioned, <a href="#Page_261">261</a>, <a href="#Page_275">275</a>, <a href="#Page_356">356</a>-<a href="#Page_357">7</a>, <a href="#Page_434">434</a>, <a href="#Page_510">510</a>, <a href="#Page_521">521</a></li>
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@@ -20429,7 +20390,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Polo, Marco, <a href="#Page_281">281</a>, <a href="#Page_327">327</a></li>
-<li>Polyænus quoted, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>-<a href="#Page_128">8</a></li>
+<li>Polyænus quoted, <a href="#Page_127">127</a>-<a href="#Page_128">8</a></li>
<li>Pony-ferries on the Oxus&mdash;at Kilif, <a href="#Page_89">89</a>-<a href="#Page_90">90</a>, <a href="#Page_460">460</a>;
at Khwaja Salar, <a href="#Page_449">449</a>, <a href="#Page_460">460</a>-<a href="#Page_461">61</a></li>
@@ -20594,7 +20555,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Safed Koh, <a href="#Page_95">95</a></li>
-<li>Sagittæ, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li>
+<li>Sagittæ, <a href="#Page_163">163</a></li>
<li>St. John cited, <a href="#Page_148">148</a>, <a href="#Page_316">316</a></li>
@@ -20608,7 +20569,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Sajidi, <a href="#Page_164">164</a></li>
-<li>Sakæ, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a></li>
+<li>Sakæ, <a href="#Page_163">163</a>, <a href="#Page_164">164</a></li>
<li>Sakah, <a href="#Page_229">229</a></li>
@@ -20678,7 +20639,7 @@ case in order to be secure we must be strong.
<li>Afghan army's experience in, <a href="#Page_403">403</a></li>
<li>Climate and natural conditions in, <a href="#Page_80">80</a>, <a href="#Page_85">85</a>, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>-<a href="#Page_203">203</a>, <a href="#Page_403">403</a>, <a href="#Page_494">494</a></li>
<li>Extent of, less than of ancient Drangiana, <a href="#Page_78">78</a>;
- extent in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_205">205</a></li>
+ extent in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_205">205</a></li>
<li>Firearms imported into, <a href="#Page_55">55</a></li>
<li>Goldsmid's mission to, <a href="#Page_299">299</a></li>
<li>Inhabitants of, mentioned by Herodotus, <a href="#Page_33">33</a></li>
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<li>Reputation of, <a href="#Page_201">201</a>-<a href="#Page_202">202</a></li>
<li>Surveys of, <a href="#Page_496">496</a>-<a href="#Page_497">7</a></li>
<li>Telegraph to, from Narmashir, <a href="#Page_323">323</a></li>
- <li>Tributary to Ghur in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li>
+ <li>Tributary to Ghur in mediæval times, <a href="#Page_218">218</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Sekhwan, <a href="#Page_338">338</a></li>
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