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Archaeological Reconnaissances in North-Western India and South-Eastern Īrān : vol.1 |
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Section iii—NANDANA AND THE CROSSING BELOW JALĀLPUR
To the south of Rohtās a rugged portion of the eastern branch of the Salt Range culminates in the hill of Yōgī Tilla, 3,200 feet above sea-level. Its conspicuous height is sacred to Hindus as the gathering place at certain times for religious mendicants of Yōgī sects all over India.¹ The difficult ground of the adjoining hill chain bars convenient access to the Jhēlum for over 20 miles. There is no regular route leading across it, and hence Alexander's camp cannot be looked for anywhere between its foot and the river.² For a similar distance on the opposite side of the river the proximity of the Pabbi hills and the very broken nature of the ground at their feet preclude, as already explained, the idea of the battle with Poros having been fought across there.
Very different are the topographical conditions presented by that portion of the Salt Range which continues for a considerable distance beyond the Tilla hills with a general westward trend. There the hills are crossed by a succession of routes which an invader coming from the north-west could conveniently use to reach the Jhēlum and the open plain beyond the river. Apart from the route descending to Jalālpur, the only one to which Cunningham and Vincent Smith make any reference, there are at least four routes practicable for laden animals, including camels, in regular local use for crossing that portion of the range which comes into consideration here. This extends from the wide flood bed in which the Bunhā river, usually dry, makes its way to the Jhēlum above Dārāpur (near Dilāwar) as far west as the route descending past the coal-mines of Dandōt to
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