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to have been thence driven Eastward, until they had conquered the 

 Sind Sagur Dooab, Cashmere and Thibet : then to have lost Cash- 

 mere and finally to have retained only the Northern portion of the 

 Sind Sagur Dooab, where the Muhammadan annals first find them. 

 Many old sites of Gukkur cities are found as far South as the salt 

 range, and all these yield Indo- Greek coins to research. 



In the Raja Tarangini nothing is discoverable that seems to relate 

 to the conquest of Cashmere by the Gukkurs. Eut in like manner, 

 that history is silent regarding the Greeks, who undoubtedly were 

 Lords paramount of Cashmere, at one time, as evidenced by their 

 coins and architecture. It is therefore impossible to place any 

 confidence in the Raja Tarangini, when that history treats of periods 

 long anterior to the times of its author. 



The Gukkur history beyond doubt is a compilation of modern 

 date from traditions then existing. I have added a column of pa- 

 rallel events affecting the destiny of the Punjaub, to aid the general 

 reader in judging of the value of these annals, which however are 

 very meagre of incident. 



