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One further point may be cited from a classical source. Pliny, *Hist. Nat.* VI, 23 (25), credits Cyrus with having destroyed a city called Capisa in Capisene, a place supposed to be represented by Kafshān (Kaoshān, Kushān) in the modern Ghorband valley district, somewhat north of Kābul, and in any case it could not have been far from the Indian frontier⁴.