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Cunningham's Ancient Geography of India c8.s2.t7.9

Cunningham's Ancient Geography of India c8.s2.t7.9

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c8.s2.t7.9

twenty-two Muhammadan and twenty-two Hindu chiefships, the former lying to the west, and the latter to the east of the Chenâb river. An older classification divides them into three groups, each named after the most powerful state which formed the head of the confederation. These were Kashmir, Dogra, and Trigartta. The first consisted of the rich valley of Kashmir, and all the petty states between the Indus and Jehlam; the second included Jammu, and the other petty states between the Jhelam and the Râvi; the third comprised Jâlandhar, and the various small states between the Râvi and the Satlej.