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Apart from these, the nobility right from *Sūtra* times were able to import two wines which are repeatedly mentioned. One was *kapisayani* from Kapisi (now Kafiristan, north of Kabul), and the other was *harahuraka*, from a town Harahura in the Arghanbad valley. Both were famed for their wine, made from white grapes in the former city and black grapes in the latter (Goswami, 1979, p. 27). Excavations at Begram in the area have brought to light a complete and artistic distillation assembly in the shape of a jar from whose mouth emerged a pressing shaft topped by a conical filter (Goswami, 1979, p. 37).