[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912) › v1.c8.2 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c8.2 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v1.c8.2 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c8.2) \*\*Badakhshan.\*\* To the north of Kabul the Hindu Kush mountain range running north-east and the Oxus river flowing westwards enclose between them two provinces, Balkh and Badakhshan. The eastern half, Badakhshan, is a mere succession of ridges and valleys, with a scanty population and scattered patches of cultivation. The mines of ruby and turquoise which once gave it fame throughout the eastern world, now yield very little. It is a province thrust into a forgotten nook of the world, and hemmed in by fierce mountain tribes; the squalor and poverty of its people is equalled only by their ignorance and helplessness.∗ - [Previous: v1.c7.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c7.102) - [Next: v1.c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c8.3) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v1.c8.2) · Pramāṇa