Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s5.t2.156

v1.c17.s5.t2.156

Of all its inhabitants the Kathi retains most originality: his religion, his manners, and his looks, all are decidedly Scythic. He occupied, in the time of Alexander, that nook of the Panjab near the confluent five streams. It was against these Alexander marched in person, when he nearly lost his life, and where he left such a signal memorial of his vengeance. The Kathi can be traced from these scenes to his present haunts. In the earlier portion of the Annals of Jaisalmer mention is made of their conflicts with the Kathi; and their own traditions ² fix their settlement in the peninsula from the south-eastern part of the valley of the Indus, about the eighth century.