The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s4.16

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Ibn Khurdâdba, who died in A.D. 912, mentions the king of *Taffa** as next in eminence to the Balha Râ. Lastly, Kazwini describes *Taifand*, طيفند, which was taken by Mahmud of Ghazni in A.D. 1023, as a strong Indian fort, on the top of an inaccessible mountain.† This account agrees with the actual hill of *Sangala*, which is almost inaccessible on three sides, and on the fourth is protected by a sheet of water.