1 E.1L.C, Ms. Doc. ;
2 Hough, Narr. of
3 Exp. in Af. 150;
4 Jour. As. Soc,
5 Beng. 1842, p. 59,
6 Grif. Bar, and
7 Ther. Obs, in Af.
8 ' Moorer. Punj,
9 Bokh. ii, 114,
10 2 P. Von Hugel,
11 i, 210.
12 3 Kasclmir, 1. 115.
13 ‘ Vigne, ii.85.
14 Kaschmir, i. 205,
15 238 SIR.
16 Lora river. Elevation above the sea, 5,793 feet. Lat. 30° 3’,
17 long. 66° 53’.
18 SIR-I-ASP, in Afghanistan, a halting-place on the route
19 from. Kandahar to Ghuznee, and ninty-four miles north-west
20 from the former place. It is a monument raised over a horse, on
21 the right or west bank of the river Turnak, and hence the name,
22 signifying “‘horse’s head.”” The road here is good, and country
23 fertile and well cultivated. Elevation above the sea, 5,973 feet.
24 Lat. 32° 14’, long. 66° 54’,
25 SIRINAGUR,* “ the town of Surya or the Sun,” the capital
26 of Kashmir, and at present more generally known by the same
27 name as that of the valley at large.t The town extends!
28 about four miles along both banks of the Jailum, or Behut, which
29 here, deep and sluggish, winds in a very picturesque manner
30 through the town, and adds much to the prospect, by the
31 enlivening effect of the numerous and variously constructed
32 yessels by which it is navigated. The north-west part of the
33 town is the principal, and is situate on the right bank of the
34 river ; on the south-east and south is the suburb of Sher-Gerh,
35 which has fortifications of no great strength, and contains the
36 usual residence of the governor. This seat of government has
37 two stories overtopping the ramparts and a principal entrance
38 communicating with the river by broad wooden stairs.?- On the
39 north of the city rises a hill, called the Kohi Maran, Hari Parbat,
40 or Hirney Parvat, of trap formation, and having an elevation of
41 about two hundred and fifty feet above the Jailum; on the summit
42 is an ill-constructed fort of slight strength, though, according to
43 Hiigel, it might easily be made impregnable. On the edge of the
44 cliff, which rises perpendicularly over the town, two or three
45 Jarge guns are mouried and command the city ; the fortress itself
46 has no cannon, being roofed over and having no embrasures,
47 According to the statement of Vigne, the Mogul emperor, Akbar,
48 caused a wall to be built round the base of the hill, a circuit of
49 about four thousand paces. Of the five gates in this wall, one
50 bears an inscription, stating that the tower Naginagur, thus
51 inclosed, was built A.H. 1006, cost eleven millions of rupees,’
52 * From BY ys “(the sun,”? and §G ‘'a town.”
53 + According to Hiigel, the Hindoos call it Sirinegur; the Mahometans,
54 Kashmir.