The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s4.12
The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s4.12
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† Sir H. M. Elliot, p. 30; and Dowson’s edition, i. 46. If this is the same as Ibn Batuta’s *Karâchal*, or “Black Mountain,” the identification with *Nanga Parbat*, or the “Bare Mountain” is nearly certain, as “bareness” means “blackness,” from want of snow.