[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) › c6.s2.2 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s2.2 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s2.2 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s2.2) All the early Arab geographers speak of a kingdom named \*Jurz\* or \*Juzr\*, which from its position would appear to be the same as the \*Kiu-che-lo\* of Hwen Thsang. The name of the country is somewhat doubtful, as the unpointed Arabic characters may be read as \*Haraz\* or \*Hazar\*, and \*Kharaz\* or \*Khazar\*, as well as \*Jurz\* or \*Juzr\*. But fortunately there is no uncertainty about its position, which is determined to be Râjputâna by several concurring circumstances. Thus the merchant Sulimân, in A.D. 851,\* states that \*Haraz\* was bounded on one side by \*Táfek\* or \*Tákin\*, which, as I have already shown, was the old name of the Panjâb. It possessed silver mines, and could muster a larger force of cavalry than any other kingdom of India. All these details point unmistakably to Râjputâna, which lies to the south-east of the Panjâb, possesses the only silver mines known in India, and has always been famous for its large bodies of cavalry. - [Previous: c6.s2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s2.1) - [Next: c6.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s2.3) - [Up: c6.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s2.2) · Pramāṇa