The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s4.t3.13

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The “Hill of the Sun” is only a literal translation of *Bálnáth-ka-Tila*, but Plutarch goes on to say that it was afterwards called the “Hill of the Elephant,” which I take to be another proof of its identity with Bâlnâth, for as this name is commonly pronounced *Bilnát* by the people, and is so written by Mogal Beg, the Macedonians, who had just come through Persia, would almost certainly have mistaken it for *Fil-nath*, or *Pil-nath*, the “Elephant.” But wherever Alexander’s camp may have been, whether at Jhelam or Jalâlpur, this remarkable hill, which is the most commanding object within fifty miles of the Hydaspes,