1854.] 



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country of the Aspasioi. He would thence have made a forced 

 march through the pass into Sohaut, have conquered that rich and 

 powerful country eastward of the river ; have re-crossed the Sohaut 

 Sinde above its junction with the Punjgowra (Gouraios) ; have 

 subdued the Sukra valley, and then have laid siege to Masagorh in 

 the Seh Boochnia valley. Then finishing the conquest of western 

 Sohaut, with perhaps the Gowr tribe, he would have crossed the 

 Punjgowra (Gouraios), have conquered Bajore, and have returned 

 through Ashtnugr and the Eusufzye, in progress to Hoond and 

 Baja on the Indus. 



It may be worth while to lay side by side the features of the 1st 

 and 3rd routes with the route laid down by Arrian : 



According to 1st 

 and 2nd route. 



Crosses the uuford 

 able river Nagooman 

 Skirts left bank of 

 Kooner river over hilly 

 ground, crosses the 

 hills into Bajore and 

 debouches upon the 

 old capital, Khari Bun- 

 gaish. (By the second 

 route he reaches Khar 

 i Burigaish by Munoi, 

 Bhayd, Nawagye or by 

 diverging to the east 

 by a village called Un- 

 daka) . 



Route by Arrian. 



Rugged pass thro' 

 a country bordering 

 the river Khoes or 

 Khoee or Khoa. 



Nameless town. 



Andaka surrenders 

 and is occupied. 



Krateros left to set- 

 tle a country. 



River Euaspla, called 

 by Curtius Choaspes. 



By 3rd route. 



In Bajor. 



Uparch of the As 

 pasioi. 



Two very long march- 

 es to a city. Inha 

 bitants burn it, and 

 flee to the mountains. 



Battle on the moun 

 tain side. Ptolemy 

 kills and spoils the 

 leader of the Indians 



River of Nagooinan 

 or Qwur JNagooman. 



Lalpoor. 



Doaba of Shubqudr. 



River of the Eusuf- 

 zyes which may have 

 been Qwur Asuf or 

 Khoaspes, or Asup- 

 qwur Euaspha, being 

 the united streams of 

 the Sohaut Sinde and 

 Punjgowra. 



Asupzye as they still 

 call themselves in the 

 valley of Ashtnugr. 



Tungipass into So- 

 haut leading upon the 

 old capital Birikot and 

 upon many towns of 

 1000 to 1500 houses. 



Conquest of eastern 

 Sohaut a very popu- 

 lous and warlike coun- 

 try abounding in 

 strong mountain posts 



