The Gates of India Being An Historical Narrative
The Gates of India Being An Historical Narrative
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This can easily be recognized in the modern Khardozan, a walled but very ancient town, which is about 8^ miles distant. Between it and the walls of the city there is now no place of importance, nor does it appear VII SEISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN 231 likely, for local reasons, that there ever could have been any. Another place, called Bousik, or Boushinj (Pousheng, according to Ibn Haukel), is said to be half the size of Sarakhs, built on the flat plain 6 miles distant from the mountains, surrounded ...with walls and a ditch, with brick houses, and inhabitants who were commercial, rich, and prosperous, and " who drink the water of the river that runs to Sarakhs. " This indicates a site on the banks of the Hari Rud. The only modern place of importance which answers this description is the ancient town of Zindajan, which is about 6 miles from the mountains, and which (according to Ferrier) still bears the name of Foosheng. This name, however, was not recognized by the Afghan Boundary Commission.
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This can easily be recognized in the modern Khardozan, a walled but very ancient town, which is about 8^ miles distant. Between it and the walls of the city there is now no place of importance, nor does it appear VII SEISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN 231 likely, for local reasons, that there ever could have been any. Another place, called Bousik, or Boushinj (Pousheng, according to Ibn Haukel), is said to be half the size of Sarakhs, built on the flat plain 6 miles distant from the mountains, surrounded ...with walls and a ditch, with brick houses, and inhabitants who were commercial, rich, and prosperous, and " who drink the water of the river that runs to Sarakhs. " This indicates a site on the banks of the Hari Rud. The only modern place of importance which answers this description is the ancient town of Zindajan, which is about 6 miles from the mountains, and which (according to Ferrier) still bears the name of Foosheng. This name, however, was not recognized by the Afghan Boundary Commission.
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