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¹ Lan-chi (Alexandria) was the capital of the Ta-hia *i.e.* Bactria (Hirth p. 98) and subsequently, after they occupied Bactria, of the Yueh-chi (*Hou-han-shu* chap. 118, tr. Chavannes, *T’oung Pao* VIII, 1907, p. 187). Probably it is Stephanus’ Alexandria no. 11, κατὰ Βάκτρα. E. Specht, *JA* 1897 pp. 159–61, first saw that Lan-chi was Alexandria. De Groot p. 96 makes it Pan-ku’s Kam-si, which he then interprets and locates by the aid of very much later Chinese works, a doubtful method. Why Chavannes, *loc. cit.*, and Konow, *CII* p. liv, should put the Bactrian capital in Badakshan I cannot guess. Historically, Lan-chi cannot possibly be anything but Bactra.