The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s4.t9.16

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Hwen Thsang makes no mention of Lahor, although it is almost certain that he must have passed through it on his way from *Tâki* to *Jâlandhar*. He notes* that he halted for a whole month at a large city on the eastern frontier of *Tâki*; but as this kingdom extended to the *Byâs* river on the east, the great city on its eastern frontier should be looked for on the line of the *Biâs*, and not on the *Râvi*. It was most probably Kasur. The first distinct mention of Lahor occurs in the campaigns of Mahmûd of Ghazni, when the *Brâhman* kings of the Kabul valley, being driven from Peshâwar and Ohind, established their new capital first at *Bhira* on the Jhelam, and afterwards at Lahor. Thus both *Jay Pál*, and his son *Anand Pál*, the successive antagonists of Mahmûd, are called Rajas of Lahor by Ferishta. This Hindu dynasty was subverted in A.D. 1031, when Lahor became the residence of a Muhammadan governor under the king of Ghazni.†