History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c11.10

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The route followed by the English travellers Richard Steel and John Crowther in 1615 was,—Multan—the Chenab—Patuali village (20 kos from the river—the Indus—Lacca (=Lakia),—enters the mountains 12 kos from Lacca,—Chatcza (=Chacha),—Duki—Secotah (=seh kotah, three castles),—crosses a mountain pass,—Coasta—Abdun—Pesinga (=Pishin),—crosses a high mountain, and descends into the plain—Qandahar, 60 kos from Pesinga. (Kerr, ix. 210—212, quoting Purchas.) Pishin is spelt in the Persian MSS. as Fushanj or Qushanj or Qushakh. A map of Biddulph's route in 1879 is given in Shadbolt's Afghan Campaigns, i. and with Temple's article in the Royal Geographical Soc. Journal, 1880, pp. 190-319.