held in Baktria proper, and remove the capital of the kingdom 
into the Panjab, where we find it some twenty years or so later. 
26 e Kaofu mentioned by the 7’ sien Han Shu, with its 
capital T’unsien, is seemingly impossible. to place; it cannot 
be identified with Kophéné, and may mean the district about 
Panjshir ; the Chinese work mentions it as the first district m 
these regions with which China had communications :—‘‘ It 
was during the reign of the Han Emperor Wu, that a commence- 
ment was made, but the extreme distance from China rendered 
king and place Yammufu on the throne. A little consideration 
will explain this; the Kipien mentioned was evidently the 
district north of the passes called Kapisene in Cunningham § 
kings 
of Baktria; really he was only the petty sovereign of the district 
27. Having so far explained the position of affairs UP to 
the death of Eukratidas and the accession of his son Helio: 
we may with advanta 
