Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c30.116

v2.c30.116

³ The remains of this once famous town, the ancient capital of the upper valley of the Indus, I had the happiness to discover by means of one of my parties, in 1811. It is the Alor of Abu-l-fazl, the capital of Raja Siharas, whose kingdom extended north to Kashmir, and south to the ocean ; and the Azour of D’Anville, who, on the authority of Ebn Haukal, says, “ Azour est presque comparable à Multan pour la grandeur.” He adds, that Azizi