Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, Alberuni's India (v. 1)

(London :  Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.,  1910.)

Tools


 

Jump to page:

Table of Contents

  Page 259  



CHAPTER XXV.
 

259
 

Sindh or

the river

of Vaihand.
 

Biyatta
or Jailam.
 

Candrabhaga

or

Candr^ha.
 

Biyaha
to the west
of Lahore.
 

Iravatl to

the east of

Lahore.
 

S'atarudra

or
Shataldar.
 

Sarsat,
flowing
through
the country
Sarsat.
 

Jaun.
 

Ganga.
 

Sarayu
or Sarwa.
 

Devika.
 

Kuhu.
 

Gomati.
 

Dhutapapa.
 

Vis'ala.
 

Bahuda-

sa (!).
 

Kausikl.
 

Niscira.
 

Gandaki.
 

Lohita.
 

Drishadvatl.
 

Tarn r a
Aruna.
 

Parnasa.
 

Vedasmriti.
 

Vidasini.
 

CandanL
 

Kawana.
 

Para.
 

Carman vati.
 

Vidisa.
 

Venumati.
 

S'ipra, rises

in the

Pariya,tra

and passes

Ujain.
 

Karatoya.
 

Shmahina.
 


 


 

In the mountains bordering on the kingdom of Kaya- sindh r
bish, i.e. Kabul, rises a river which is called Ghorwand, Pagei.-;
on account of its   many  branches.    It  is joined by
several afl[luents :—

1.   The river of the pass of Ghuzak.

2.   The river of the gorge of Panchir, below the town
of Parwan,

3.  4, The river Sharvat and the river Sawa, which
latter flows through the town of Lanbaga, i.e. Lamghan ;
they join the Ghorvand at the fortress of Druta.

5, 6. The rivers Nhr and Kira.

Swelled by these affluents, the Ghorvand is a great
river opposite the town of Purshavar, being there called
the ford, from a ford near the village of Mahanara, on
the eastern banks of the river, and it falls into the river
Sindh near the castle of Bitur, below the capital of
Alkandahar (Gandhara), i.e. Vaihand.

The river Biyatta, known as Jailam, from the city of
  Page 259