432 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
5. Nisaya 
6. Haréyi 
7. Vaékéréta 
8. Urva 
9. Veharkana 
10. Harakhaiti 
11. Haétument 
12. Ragha 
13. Chakhra 
14, Varéna 
15. 
16. 
Scholars differ on the question of the identification of 
some of these countries. 
mentioned well-nigh last. 
is very doubtful. 
re of Panjab 
Hapt-Hindu 
The country ne 
ar Rangha 
Vedas. 
The Hapta-Hindu of the 
{[November, 1913. 
Nishapur. 
Herat, or 
Nimrouz or Seis- 
tan. 
Kabul. 
Gourgan. 
Sarasvati. 
Helmand. 
Rae. 
Hapta- 
The word shows 
Vedic names. 
Sindhu 
Vitasta 
Parushani 
ipas 
Satadhru 
Kubha 
and 
. The seven branches were the following :— 
idek niches Mahabharata Modern names. 
| names. 
Indus Lae ewres Sindhu. 
Hydas .. | Jhelum. 
Akesinis Tchandrabhaga | Chenaub. 
Hydraortes Airavati Jaf ew, 
Hyphasis ipasa Biya. 
Hesydrus Satadru Sutlej. 
ophen oe teas 
It looks strange, but it is a fact, that the co 
its people were known to the ancient Greeks and are even 
