1839.] A lexanders exploits on the Western Banks of the Indus. 3 1 1 



Attbk, with all the peculiarities described by him, on a mountain that is 

 topped by a castle, attributed to Rajah Hody. It cannot be ascended 

 but on the side of the Indus, by a steep passage hewn through the rock, 

 and enclosed by two walls of defence, running up zig-zag according 

 to the protuberances of the mount. The space immured by those 

 walls is filled with ruins of habitations gradually rising from the brink 

 of the river up to the castle. Those works are all entire, and have the 

 appearance of great antiquity. The three heights whereon Alexander 

 sacrificed to the gods still exist, but I must avow that no arable ground 

 or spring can be discovered. There are only two reservoirs built 

 by the vizier of Zamenchah. The heights are at present occupied by 

 small forts defended by the Mazbis, an Indian sect in the service 

 of the Maharajah of Lahore. 



Of the great number of cupolas existing in those regions I shall 

 distinguish the following : — 



1st. That of Talache, which I have already alluded to, and the five 

 or six others that are discoverable not far from those ruins, in the 

 defile that leads from the Suwat to the Penjecoore\ 



2nd. That of Chinguerdar, situated between the ruins of Berikoot and 

 the town of Manglore. Another is observable more to the south- 

 ward. 



3rd. That of Charbag, present capital of Suwat. 



4th. Those that exist among the ruins of Sedougan* to the east 

 of Manglore. 



5th. Those of Berikoot, situated near the village of Nakmira. 



6th. That of Charkootlia, fifteen koss to the east of Aritchend, 

 as well as that near the ruins of Seidabad. The latter is as large 

 as that of Chinguerdar. 



7th. That of Sepel-banda, near the village of Khari, and as large 

 as that of Chinguerdar. 



8th. Those of Heniapoor, one of which is near the village of Fooraseuk, 

 and the other under mount Jaffer. 



9th. That near Sonigheran. 



10th. The two existing on the ruins situated at the foot of 

 mount Sookker, near the village of Riga. 



J 1th. Those in the villages of Fakttahind and Caboolgheram. 



12th. Those, in fine, of Chammely, situated on the top of a moun- 

 tain. 



All those massy cupolas which I am describing, are in the Yousoufzeis 

 territories, by which is meant all the territory comprised between the 

 Indus and Penjecoore, from the snowy chain to the lower branch of the 



