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KABUL AND PESHAWUR.
[CHAP. VIII.
lofty minarets, 1 the tomb of Sultan Mahmood, and some other
buildings, still attest its ancient grandeur. 2
Boundaries of Kabul Proper is the most northern portion of the present
Afghan territory: it stretches from Bamiyan eastward to the
Indus, having the Hindu Kush on the north, and Ghaznei'n
on the south.
Its rivers. The river Logurk runs northward from this fortress to the
capital, near which it joins the Kabul river, which comes by
an eastern course from the mountains some miles westward.
The united waters of the Ghaznei'n and Kabul streams now
run along the valley of the latter, in which it receives the
Kama, the Lundye, and numerous tributaries from the slopes
of the Kohistan mountains ; and being constantly augmented,
it eventually carries a great body of water along the plain of
Peshawur into the Indus above Attok; but owing to the
rocks, and the violence of the current, it is only navigable for
rafts below Jellalabad. 3
Peshawur cily The extensive city of Peshawur contains about 100,000
Muhammedan and Hindu inhabitants, who enjoy a healthy
situation, although the heat is more intense than that of any
other place in this part of Asia. The houses, although of
unburnt brick, are substantial, and usually three stories high. 4
This important commercial mart was one of the places
founded by Acbar the Great for the benefit of his subjects;
and its well-chosen site is surrounded by fine orchards and
productive fields near the centre of an exceedingly rich circular
plain, of about 30 miles in diameter,
and district. This tract, which constitutes the whole of the territory,
touches the river Indus on the east, and is elsewhere sur
rounded by mountains. Its western limits are formed by the
range of Sufeid Koh, through which there are four 5 passes
in,the direction of Kabul; the principal being that of the
Khybur, by which Nadir Shah advanced towards India, and
1 Belonging to the mosque called the CelestiaV Bride.
2 Elphinstone's Kdbul, p. 432.
3 Ibid., p. 114. London, 1815. 4 Ibid., p. 55.
The Tatara and Ab-Khana (water route) are practicable for guns, but that
of the Kadassa has not a gun road.—Major Hough's Narrative, p. 311. Allen
and Co. 1841.