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K&s proper, were both lost in those of the more civilized Hindus, whom 

 thej^ had conquered. Such has in fact been the case in Persia and in 

 India from the earliest times, The Mogals of Jenghiz Khan and 

 Hulaka have long since disappeared in Persia, while their fellow-coun- 

 trymen, the Hazaras of the Hari river, still speak Mogali. 



7. Hasora, I believe to be the country of the Abisares of Alexan- 

 der's historians, on account of its proximity to the Dardu districts, as 

 it is always coupled with the Dards by Sanskrit writers— In Yasin and 

 Gilgit, (called Gilit by the people themselves,) I believe that we have 

 the Arsagalitae of Pliny still preserved. To the south of the Dards 

 again lies the country of the Gakars, whose ancient as well as whose 

 modern capital was Dangali, which I have no doubt gave its name to 

 the Dangale of Pliny. These, as well as the site of Aornus, are a few 

 of the interesting archeological points which I propose to investigate 

 during my survey of these countries. 



8. I have not yet had time to digest and arrange the information 

 which I have collected regarding Ladak : but I may mention that its 

 present name is a modern one, the ancient name being Ma-yul. 



Le also is a modern capital, the ancient metropolis having been at 

 She, now a large village 8 miles to the south-eastward of Le. 



9. Herewith I have the pleasure to enclose my Diary of our pro" 

 ceedings from the 16th of September up to this date. 



I have, &c. 

 (Signed) Alex. Cunningham, 

 Bt. Capt. Senior Commissioner, Tibetan Frontier. 

 Camp Le, 9th October, 1847. 



(True Copy) 



H. M. Lawrence, 



Agent and Resident. 



From Capt. A. Cunningham, Senior Commissioner, Tibetan Frontier, 

 To Lieut.-Col. H. M. Lawrence, C. B. Resident, Lahare. 



Dated Camp Bij-Bihdra in Kashmir, \Ath Nov. 1847. 

 Sir, — I have the honor to report to you that I arrived in the city 

 of Kashmir on the 2nd instant, having been prevented by continued 

 falls of snow from following the route by the Tilel valley to Gares, as 





