The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c12.157

v1.c12.157

² Mr. Dey, the translator of *TA*, p. 5, fn. 1, doubts whether this is the modern city of that name, as "the latter city was generally called Bagram up to the time of Bābar and Akbar." But it should be noted that both ‘Utbi and Nizām-ud-Dīn give the name of the city as *Parshāwar* (پرشاور), which approaches the ancient form Puruṣapura, the *Pu-lu-sha-pu-lo*, of Yuan Chwang, which is identified by scholars with modern Peshawar. Mr. Dey again seems to have fallen into a blunder by translating the text of Nizām-ud-Dīn about this war. According to his translation Maḥmūd "attacked Pārshāvar" but the text (see p. 8) is:—باده هزار سوار بر پرشاور در آمد which indicates that "he came to Peshawar" which was already in the possession of Sabuk-tigīn in 977 A.D. 'Utbī says about this invasion that Maḥmūd "set forward into the territory over against Parshāwar, in the midst of the land of Hindustan." *TY*, p. 280. This seems to support our interpretation of Nizām-ud-Dīn.