[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931) › v1.c12.56 # The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c12.56 The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c12.56 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c12.56) ¹ “Sīstān, which the earlier Arabs called Sijistān, from the Persian Sagastān, is the lowland lying round, and to the eastward of the Zarah lake, which more specially includes the deltas of Helmund and other rivers which drain into this inland sea.” The capital was Zaranj, on Lake Zarah; see \*LEC\*, pp. 334 ff. Dr. Barnett suggests : - [Previous: v1.c12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c12.55) - [Next: v1.c12.57](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c12.57) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.ray-1931.v1.c12.56) · Pramāṇa