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to Strabo. Renaudot's two Musulinan travellers, 

 in the ninth century, take notice of the country of 

 Haraz^ or Geraz, called in the original MSS. GiourZf 

 or Gourz ; for they used to wiite, formerly, Gieuze- 

 rat for Guzerat. His country was situated upon a 

 promontory, or in a Peninsula, and there were many 

 camels, and other cattle. He was a great enemy to 

 the Arabs, and no prince had a greater aversion to 

 the religion of Mu hammed, and he was, at that 

 time, at war with the Bala-Raya. The Hindi name 

 of the Peninsula is Gurjara, and Gurjar-Rashtra 

 signifies the kingdom of Gurjai^a. The whole coun- 

 try, from the Indus to Daman, is called Su-Raskfra, 

 its inhabitants Su-Rdshtran, from which Ptolemy 

 has made Sijrastrene, which is now pronounced 

 Soi^et and Surdt. Its metropolis, at a remote period, 

 was the ancient city of Teja, in Cach'li, noticed in 

 IMajor Rennell's map. Tradition says, that it 

 was founded by an ancient king, called Te'ja, or 

 Te'ja-carn'a. There were three brothers descended 

 from IcsHWACU, — Puru, Buj, or Boj, and Teja : 

 the two first are noticed in the Purdnas, in the pro- 

 phetic chapters, where Puru is generally called 

 Puru-Cach'ha, and the other Buja-Cach'ha. 



The Rdjds of Cacfiha boast of their independence ; 

 and pretend, that since the beginning of the world, 

 they have never been conquered; and, that once 

 they ruled all over Gujja-rdsht. They have forgot 

 the conquest of their country by MexandEr, which 

 is well attested ; for unquestionable vestiges of it 

 remained in the second century, such as temples, 

 altars, fortified camps, and very large wells of ma- 

 sonry, with many coins of Menander and Apol- 

 LODOTUS ; and these monuments were found as far 

 south as Bai'oach *. Plutarch ■\ says, that the 

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* Peripl. Maris Erythraei, p. 24 and 27, 

 t Plutarch, de fluiii. v. Hyphasis, 



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