KARAPAH ROAD, Murdar Dand - Gandawah (Caves on the)

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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Capacious caves in which merchants and travellers spend the night reported Robert Leech (note 1) from a place without recognised name, which is said to lie somewhere between one Murdar Dand (note 2) and a place called Gandwah (note 3): From Dacca [note 4] the Cabool river [Kabul Rud] is crossed by boat to Lalpoor [note 5] … From Lalpur to the north, at three kos [note 6], there is a Kotal [note 7] called Khurpash, which is a winding ascent for four kos. It may be practical for armies and guns. The next seven kos, to the stage, is level, which is called Murdar Dand; no habitations. The next stage is eight kos, to Gandawah, also called Gandaw … Between Murdar Dand and Gandawah, there are two small Kotals, and from the place to the mouth of the defile, there are two Kotals, one large and one small, and others besides. In the large Kotal there are capacious caves in which merchants and travellers spend the night.Capacious caves in which merchants and travellers spend the night reported Robert Leech (note 1) from a place without recognised name, which is said to lie somewhere between one Murdar Dand (note 2) and a place called Gandwah (note 3): From Dacca [note 4] the Cabool river [Kabul Rud] is crossed by boat to Lalpoor [note 5] … From Lalpur to the north, at three kos [note 6], there is a Kotal [note 7] called Khurpash, which is a winding ascent for four kos. It may be practical for armies and guns. The next seven kos, to the stage, is level, which is called Murdar Dand; no habitations. The next stage is eight kos, to Gandawah, also called Gandaw … Between Murdar Dand and Gandawah, there are two small Kotals, and from the place to the mouth of the defile, there are two Kotals, one large and one small, and others besides. In the large Kotal there are capacious caves in which merchants and travellers spend the night.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Leech, Robert 1845b.

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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