[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871) › c5.s1.t4.2 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s1.t4.2 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s1.t4.2 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s1.t4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s1.t4.2) This district possessed two capitals, called \*Ho-si-na\* and \*Ho-sa-lo\*. The first has been identified by M. de St. Martin with Ghazni, which is quite satisfactory; but his suggestion that the other may be connected with Hazára is, I think, very doubtful. Hazára is the name of a district, and not of a town; and its application to this part of the country is said by the people themselves not to be older than the time of Janghez Khan.\* I would, therefore, identify it with Guzar or Guzaristan, which is the chief town on the Helmand at the present day; and with the Ozola of Ptolemy, which he places in the north-west of Arachosia, or in the very same position as Guzaristan. - [Previous: c5.s1.t4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s1.t4.1) - [Next: c5.s1.t4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s1.t4.3) - [Up: c5.s1.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s1.t4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s1.t4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s1.t4.2) · Pramāṇa