Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s1.20

v1.c17.s1.20

The Hindus can at this time give only a very general idea of the site of Meru; but they appear to localize it in a space of which Bamian, Kabul, and Ghazni would be the exterior points. The former of these cities is known to possess remains of the religion of Buddha, in its caves and colossal statues.¹ The Paropamisan Alexandria is near Bamian; but the Meru and Nyssa ² of Alexander are placed more to the eastward by the Greek writers, and according to the cautious Arrian between the Cophas and Indus. Authority localizes it between Peshawar and Jalalabad, and calls it Merkoh, or Markoh,³ “ a bare rock 2000 feet high [23] with caves to the westward, termed Bedaulat by the Emperor Humayun from its dismal appearance.” ⁴ This