Serial No. Modern name. Shown in Pargaņa list of Sanskrit name. 12 Bring AF. Mo. Hü. *BHÃNGA (Lokapr.) Fi. Ba. 13 Shāhābād (Vēr) ... AF. Mo. Hü. Vi. Ba. 14 Dipesar ... AF. Mo. Hü. DEVASARASA vi. Ba. 15 Adqvin AF. Mo. Hü. KARALA (Rāj.) Vi. Ba. ARDHAVANA (Jonar.) AF. Mo. Hü. JAINAPURA (Jonar.)... Vi. Ba. 16 Zain&põr 17 | Bot AF. Mo. Hü. Vi. Ba. 18 Suparsāmün AF. Mo. Hü. Vi. Ba. 19 S'ukru ... AF. Mo. Hü. Vi. Ba. REMARKS AND REFER ENCES § 113. 114. Mo, calls the Pargana “Banna. bal." $ 115. $ 116. do. $ 116. Hü. Vi. call the district after "Supiyan Shahr," its headquarters. $ 117. do. § 118. do. do. $ 119. do. $ 120. do. 27 | Maichohõm do. 28 Paraspor AF. Mo. Hü. PARIHASAPURA (Rāj.) § 121. Serial No. Modern name. Shown in Pargaņa list of Sanskrit name. 29 Säiru-l-mawāzi' Pāyin. AF. Mo. Hü. Vi. Ba. 30 And&rköth AF. Mo. ... ... [ABHYANTARAKOTTA] (Raj.) 31 Bāngil AF. Mo. Hü. BHANGILA (Rāj.) Vi. Ba. 32 | Patan AF. PATTANA (Rāj.) 33 Til®gām AF. Mo. Vi. TAILAGRĀMA (Fourth Ba. Chron.) 34 Khoy AF. Mo. Hü. Ba. REMARKS AND REFER ENCES. $ 122. do. § 123. do. do. A small tract (Quihi' on map) to the north of Patan and Tila. gām. § 124. § 125. do. | $ 126. § 128. 40 Zainggir do. 41 Khuyąhom do. 42 Lär | $ 129. at ADDITIONAL NOTE.- 14. Mr. W. MERK, C.s.i., C.S., present Deputy Commissioner of the Hazāra District, to whom I submitted the above-printed remarks on Albêrūni's route to Kaśmir (p. 23) and on the town of Babrahān mentioned by him, has kindly supplied me in a letter, dated 25th April, 1899, with the interesting information that “the basin formed by the three Nullahs which unite at Chamhad is called the ‘Babarhān 'tract.” Chamhad is shown on the map as a village in the Mian Khaki Nullah, south-west of Abbottabad, circ. 34° 7' lat., 73° 7' long. Mr. Merk believes that the position of Albērūni's “ town Babrahān, half-way between the rivers Sindh and Jailam” is marked by the present ‘Babarhān 'which practically retains the same name. There is much to support this identification. The Nullah called Mian Khaki on the Survey map forms a convenient route from the central plain of Hazāra, about Mirpur, towards the Siran Valley through which the Indus could conveniently be gained at Torbela. The latter has remained a favourite crossing place to the present day, being situated just where the Indus debouches from the mountains. The 8 Farsakh or about 39 miles which Albērūni counts from Babrahān to "the bridge over the river," i.e., according to my explanation, the present Muzaffarābād, would well agree with the actual distance between the latter place and Babarhān, In calculating this distance it must be kept in view that the old road from the Indus to Kaśmir, according to Mr. Merk's information, descended to Garhi Habibullā, on the Kunhār River, through the Doga Nullah, 1, e., by a more direct route than that followed by the modern cart-road via Mansahra. I am further indebted to Mr. Merk for the very interesting notice that the plain near Mirpur, about 5 miles north-northwest of Abbottabad, is popularly known by the name of Urash or Orash. There can be no doubt as to this local name being the modern representative of the ancient Uraśā. Its survival in that particular locality strikingly confirms the conclusion indicated above in $ 83, and also in my note on Rājat. v. 217, as to the position of the old capital of Uraśā. The designation of this capital was undoubtedly Urasa. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I.-INTRODUCTORY. Para. 1. Ancient topography in Kalhaņa's Chronicle Lassen, Bühler) Page. 1 2 3 4 ... CHAPTER II.-ACCOUNTS OF OLD KASMIR. SECTION 1.CLASSICAL NOTICES, 8 10 5. Alexander's invasion.-Ptolemy's Kaspeiria mira' from * Kaśyapapura 11 ... ... 20 21 12. Kaśmir closed to Arab geographers scription of the Valley.- Description of Pir Pantsäl.- 23 ... SECTION IV.-INDIAN NOTICES. 15. Deficiency of information in Non-Kaśmirian texts ... 28
Page. 29 33 35 SECTION V.-THE KASMĪR CHRONICLES. names of localities Fourth Chronicle 37 39 ... ... ... SECTION VI.-THE NĪLAMATA AND MĀRĀTMYAS. : : : : : : 46 SECTION VII. - LOCAL TRADITION, 33. Local tradition of the learned CHAPTER III.- GENERAL GEOGRAPHY. SECTION 1.–POSITION AND CONFIGURATION OF KAŚMĪR VALLEY. 36. The name Kaśmira.-Etymologies of name 61 SECTION 11.—THE PĪR PANTSĀL RANGE. Range (Pass of Bāņaśālā; Naubandhana Tirtha; Sid- 70 ... |