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Citation Information
594 JOURNEY_ OF BENEDICT GOES
PARWAN PASSES.
Pass of PARWAN, from the town of that name, once a place of consequence (see p. 558), descends upon Bajga belonging to Anderab, apparently to the west of Khinjan. Baber says this pass is a very difficult one, and that between Parwan and the great col there are seven minor passes called the Haft Bacha (Seven young ones).
Pass of SALULANG (Sir-i-lung of Wood). This starts from Tutan Dara, six miles north-west of Charekar, and descends, like the last, somewhere not far from Khinjan.
PASSES FROM GHORBAND.
KUSHAN. This is the pass which leads close under the great peak specially known as Hindu Kush. It starts from a point in the Ghorband valley about ten miles from Tutan Dara. Kushan lies some miles up the pass. It descends upon Khinjan like the two last, which it probably receives before reaching that place.
GWALIAN. This leaves the valley some twenty miles from Tutan Dara. It descends upon G-ozan on the Anderab river.
GWAZYAR. This pass leaves the valley near the ruins of the old town of Ghorband, some twenty-four and a half miles from Tutan Para. It leads to Kilagai, a small town on the road from Khinjan to Baghlan and Kunduz.
CHAR DARYA. This pass leaves the valley at about twenty-nine miles from Tutan Para, and descends upon GHORI, a considerable town. It is passable for Kafilas of every description.
From this the road goes on along the valley of Ghorband, throwing off one or two minor passes, and eventually joins the Hajiyak road at the ruins of Zohak near Bamian.
The Pass of HAJJIYAK or Bamian.
SHIBRTU.
ABDEREH, for which my only authority is the Ayin Akbari as already quoted. These two last are beyond the limits to which the name Hindu Kush is applied.
Of these Passes Hajjiyak was that crossed on his celebrated journey by Burnes, the first European traveller who saw and described the great rock idols of Baiuian; it was also that crossed by Wood on his journey northward to the Oxus. It was probably by this pass that Chinghiz crossed, for the siege of Bamian was one of the events of his campaign in these regions ; and by it Hiwen Thsang travelled to India.
The Pass of Chardarya was crossed by Aurungzib. The Pass of Salulang was attempted by Capt. Wood,' but unsuccessfully, owing to the lateness
' Wood himself calls it the Pass of Parwan, but it is evident from comparison with Leech's report that it was the Pass called in the latter Salulang.
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