[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.s3.t5.1 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s3.t5.1 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s3.t5.1 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s3.t5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t5.1) The town of Nûrpûr derives its name from the celebrated Nûr Jahân, the wife of the emperor Jahânjîr. Its original name was \*Dahmari\*, or \*Dahmála\*; or as Abul Fazl writes, \*Dahmahri\*, although he mentions no fort. The people pronounce the name as if written \*Dahmeri\*. In the ‘Târikh-i-Alfi’ it is called \*Damál\*, an dis described as “situated on the summit of a high hill, on the borders of Hindustan.” The fort was taken after a long siege by Ibrahim Ghaznavi. The name of the district is \*Patháwat\*, and the old capital in the plains was called \*Pathián\*, or \*Pathiánkot\*, which is now slightly altered to \*Pathánkot\*. But the name is derived from the Pathân tribe of Hindu Rajpûts, and not from the well-known Muhammadan Pathâns, or Afghâns. The Raja was imprisoned in 1815 by Ranjit Singh, who took possession of his country. - [Previous: c5.s3.t4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t4.1) - [Next: c5.s3.t5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t5.2) - [Up: c5.s3.t5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t5.1) · Pramāṇa