[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928) › v3.c3.6 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c3.6 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c3.6 - **Language:** English ### [v3.c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c3.6) In place-names the spelling of the \*Imperial Gazetteer of India\* has, with few exceptions, been followed, but the adoption of \*q\* as the equivalent of ق necessitates the substitution of Qandahār for the better-known Kandahār, and \*e\*, representing no Arabic or Persian letter, has been omitted from such names as Fathābād and Fathpur, the \*Gazetteer\* spelling of which serves only to stereotype a vulgar and corrupt pronunciation. The name of the great river of Southern India is spelt \*Krishna\*, as there appears to be no justification for the \*Gazetteer\* spelling \*Kistna\*; \*Awsa\* has been substituted for \*Owsa\* as the name of a town in the Deccan hardly well enough known to entitle it to the honour of a conventionalized spelling; and the name of the founder of the Lodī dynasty is spelt Buhlūl, as there appears to be no reason to preserve the mispronunciation enshrined in the more familiar Bahlol. - [Previous: v3.c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c3.5) - [Next: v3.c3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c3.7) - [Up: v3.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c3.6) · Pramāṇa