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I shall now mention the route for which the ancients were
indebted to the Macedonian hero, who, after palling the paro-
pamtfan Caucafus, founded a city on the fouth-eaft fide of the
Ghergifian mountains, or Hindoo Kbo, or the Indian Caucafus,
and called it Alexandria, in honor of himfelf. Alexander Alexandria*
paffed this way in his purfuit of Bejfus, and returned by the
fame road on his invafion of India. It is probable, that Alex-
andria was founded on the firft expedition, in order to fecure
his return into a country, the conqueft of which he had fo
much at heart. According to Mv.Rennel, it appears to have
been in Lat. 34% oppofite to the modern Bamian, which ftands
on the north-weft fide of Caucafus. Herej according to Quintus
Curtius, lib. vii. c. 3. he left feven thoufand old Macedonian
foldiers, and a number worn out in the fervice. Arrian, I. p. 230,
fays that he appointed Proexes, a tfoble Perjian, Governor, and
Niloxenus, Commiflary of the army. Alexandria continued long
an emporium of the goods of India, the termination of the
commercial views of the Europeans, till it was fuperfeded by
the rife of Candahar, and Cabul. It feems to have had to it two
roads; the one direcl:, and the fame with the courfe taken by
Alexander in his way from the Cafpian fea to his purfuit of
Bejfus and his Indian conqueft, through Aria, the modern Herat, Herat*
which was, till the latter ages, a place of great ftrength and great
commercial note. In courfe of ages, it flittered all the calami-
ties to which the cities of the eaft are peculiarly incident;
but it often emerged. Abdulkurreem* faw it in 1740, on his
return, in a moft diftrefsful ftate : the very ground floors of the
houfes were ploughed up, and fovvn with grain ; but he fpeaks
* A noble Cafhmerian who attended Kouli Khan on his return from India. See p. 24 of
fais Memoirs.
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I shall now mention the route for which the ancients were
indebted to the Macedonian hero, who, after palling the paro-
pamtfan Caucafus, founded a city on the fouth-eaft fide of the
Ghergifian mountains, or Hindoo Kbo, or the Indian Caucafus,
and called it Alexandria, in honor of himfelf. Alexander Alexandria*
paffed this way in his purfuit of Bejfus, and returned by the
fame road on his invafion of India. It is probable, that Alex-
andria was founded on the firft expedition, in order to fecure
his return into a country, the conqueft of which he had fo
much at heart. According to Mv.Rennel, it appears to have
been in Lat. 34% oppofite to the modern Bamian, which ftands
on the north-weft fide of Caucafus. Herej according to Quintus
Curtius, lib. vii. c. 3. he left feven thoufand old Macedonian
foldiers, and a number worn out in the fervice. Arrian, I. p. 230,
fays that he appointed Proexes, a tfoble Perjian, Governor, and
Niloxenus, Commiflary of the army. Alexandria continued long
an emporium of the goods of India, the termination of the
commercial views of the Europeans, till it was fuperfeded by
the rife of Candahar, and Cabul. It feems to have had to it two
roads; the one direcl:, and the fame with the courfe taken by
Alexander in his way from the Cafpian fea to his purfuit of
Bejfus and his Indian conqueft, through Aria, the modern Herat, Herat*
which was, till the latter ages, a place of great ftrength and great
commercial note. In courfe of ages, it flittered all the calami-
ties to which the cities of the eaft are peculiarly incident;
but it often emerged. Abdulkurreem* faw it in 1740, on his
return, in a moft diftrefsful ftate : the very ground floors of the
houfes were ploughed up, and fovvn with grain ; but he fpeaks
* A noble Cafhmerian who attended Kouli Khan on his return from India. See p. 24 of
fais Memoirs.
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