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one called the lower; and the niher Urd/j-A'Jhand, or 

 A'Jbdnd the upper : from this lafl; the Greeks mdidQ Or- 

 thofpana. 



As ioDadala, it is no uncommon appellation in India^ 

 feveral places are called Baidayel, Dudhozvia or Dudhaiv- 

 li, and Dundbydli: the town or D<2dala, with the adjacent 

 mountains, are called to this day Dundbydli ; but more 

 commonly Tauk-dimdh or Dundh the cold, being litu- 

 ated on a high mountain. 



An extenfive branch of the Cauccifus was called by the 

 Greeks Parapamifus : it is a part ot the mountainous re- 

 gion called Dcvanica in the Purdnas. 1 believe, there 

 is no general name at prefent for the whole range : but 

 that part, -which lies between Cabuly Bdmiyan^ and An- 

 derdb^ is called Hindii-cajh and Hindu kejh ; which lait 

 denomina icn has been diltorted by Perfian authors, 

 and travellers into Hindu -Cob ; at leafl in the opinion 

 of the natives. Whether the appellation ol Hindu-Cajh 

 has any affinity with the C'bafas, I cannot determine : 

 but the inhabitants fay, that this name was given to 

 them, from a certain giant, who ufed to lie there in 

 wait, to eatch (cajb), or to kill (ksjh)^ all tjie HindiiSy 

 who paffed that way. We find it called alfo Sbeybar- 

 Tdgy or Sbeybar^Tau, or the mountains of Sheybar or 

 Sbabar^ under which appellation Puometheus is gene- 

 rally known in the facred books of the Hindus. Be 

 this as it may, the Greeks called it alfo Parapanifus, in 

 the fame manner, I fuppofe, that they called the river 

 PamifuSy (in the PdoponefusJ Panifus, 



The name of this famous mount^iin is varioufly writ- 

 ten in different authors and manulcripts — 



Parapamifus, Parapanifus y 



Paropamifusy Paropanifus^ 



Parpamifus, Parpan'fus, 



Paro 



