History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c7.s8.1

v1.c7.s8.1

| Name of Country. | King. | People. |
| 1. Kapīśa (Kabul or Kafiristan) | ... | Kshatriya Buddhist | ... | Generally Buddhist. |
| (a) Lampāka or Lampā (Laghman) going east and crossing Black range. | Dependency of Kapīśa. | ... | Non-Buddhists very numerous, the Brethren very few; people ill-mannered and ugly. |
| (b) Nagar (Jellalabad) south-east crossing a mountain and a river. | Province of Kapīśa | ... | The people reverenced Buddha and had little faith in other systems. |
| (c) Gāndhāra (Peshawar) south-east, upto the Indus. | Subject to Kapīśa | ... | Majority adhered to other systems of religion. Town and villages desolate. Śalātura, birthplace of Panini, mentioned in this country. |
| 2. Udyāna (Swat); going north crossing rivers | King not mentioned | ... | People held Buddhism in high esteem and were believers in Mahāyāna. |
| (a) Taxilā (Rawalpindi) returning south and crossing the Indus. | Subject formerly to Kapīśa, but now to Kashmir | ... | People who were plucky, were adherents of Buddhism. |
| (b) Sinhapura (Ketas near Salt Range). South-east across hills, Indus west for frontier. (Shahapur). | Subject to Kashmir | ... | Religion not mentioned. |
| (c) Uraśa (Haripur) Jhelum | ... | ... | ... |
| 3. Kashmir South-east | King protected by Dragon. | ... | The people were not Buddhists. People were both orthodox and heterodox; they were handsome and fond of learning but deceitful. |
| (a) Punach (Punach) South-west | Subject to Kashmir | ... | Non-Buddhists were very numerous. |
| (b) Rajapura (Rajaori) South-east Tekka (old capital ákala or Sailkot) going south-east, Indus on the west, Bias on the east. | King not mentioned | ... | Few believed in Buddhism and most served the Devas. From here there were rest-houses on the roads. |