Cunningham's Ancient Geography of India c8.s3.10

c8.s3.10

∗ Sir H. M. Elliot's 'Muhammadan Historians of India,' p. 56; and Prof. Dowson's edition, i. 21, where the name is read as Tâfan. But Sprenger, in his translation of 'Masudi,' p. 193, gives Tâfi, with Tâkan and Tâfan as variants, and at p. 390, Tâkin.