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been ruined at an early period by the Musulmans, it 

 was rebuilt afterwards under the name of Turruk- 

 pehri ; and a Per^anah of that name is mentioned in 

 the Ayin-Acberi. But this last has met with the 

 same fate as the former. 



Thence to Rotas or Riiytas, called Rhodoes by 

 NoNNUS, in his Dionysiacs ^ who says it was a strong 

 place. It is called Rages, for Rates, in the Peufin- 

 gcrian tables, and in the Piirdtias its name is Hndu, 

 and that of its inhabitants Hridan. 



According to the Peufuigeriaji tables, we have an- 

 other route, which ought to join here. It comes 

 from Ami, Aornos, or Attock, and goes to Pileiam, 

 (which apj)ears to be transposed ; or Ec-Bolima, from 

 AC'Beiia, or Ac-Beilam, or the white Bellamy sands 

 or shores, and now called Hazni). 



Thence to the ferry over the Jailam or Behat, and 

 Ale.vandria-Bacephalos, near which is a famous peak, 

 called the mountain of the elephant, by Plutauch*. 

 Its present name is Bal, Bit, or Pil, which, in 

 Persian, signify an elephant. It is famous all over 

 the western parts of fmlia for its holiness, and its 

 being the abode of numerous penitents; the chief of 

 whom, as well as the deity of the place, is called 

 Bal-Na'th or Bil-N'ath. It is generally called 

 Bal-Na'th-Thileii, or the mountain of the Lord 

 Bal ; another name for it is Joghion-di-tibbl^ or the 

 tower of the Joghis. 



Thence to the Accsiites or Clmndra-bhdga, and the 

 town of Spatura of the Peutingerian tables, called 

 Simtura by the anonymous geographer, and probably 



* Plat, de flura. 



