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1) Rennell p. ïo8— iio .
2 ) I. c.
3) 1. c. We may remark, that the inhabitants of this
hilly tract (meaning both Joudies and Ghickers,
or their predecessors), have, generally sided with
the invaders of Hindostan at large . . . . . They invited
Alexander, and they appear to have invited
Hnmaioun : and they father favoured the progrefs
of Tamerlane and others.
4 ) P ’Anville Ëelaîrcissemens Géograph. etc. p. 42.
On ignore le terns, auquel les Scythes sont venus
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jthrée, la ville de Minnagara, la même, que Man-
' sora, est qualifiée de Capitale de la Scytpie. Denys
Périégête dit, que les Scythes-méridionaux
h a b i t e n t sur le fleuve Indus. Eustathe les n o m m e
Indo-ScÿtheS; et c e , que P t o l é m é e a p p e l l e I n d o -
Scythie* remonte le long de l’indus jusqu’au neuve
Coas.
1) Cherefeddîn III. ch. 16. p. 77*
2) Rennell PrefJ ï20 p.
3) ib. This tract is remarkable, in that, although it
, is situated in the heart of the empire ofHindoostan;
that is, , Within 25 miles of its former capital, Delhi
its inhabitants have ever been charactenzeed as
the most savage, and brutal: and their chief employment,
robbery and plundering.