Page.
Section 4. Remains o f ancient Persian literature, illustrating
the history of the Arian race ............... . .^r, ; ;3_5
Paragraph 1. Of the time and place of the.
cultivation of Magian literature and mythology
.................. 35
Paragraph 2. O f. the- hooks contained in
the Zendavesta ............................ 37
Paragraph 3. Mythos of the Zendavesta—■
Zoroastrian Genesis ....... 39
Paragraph 4. Remarks on the Persian
cosmogony— Inferences derived from uit 45
Paragraph 5. Further inquiries into the
history of the Arian race—Ancient tradition
of migration, preserved in the Yendidad
. . . . . . . . .. . .. .. .. .. . ................... J v. 47
Original seat of the Arian race ......... 49
Section 5. Of the modem inhabitants of Iran ........,51_
Of the Tajiks or native Persians .................. 51
Of the Iliyahs or Rat ... ...... ........................., Ad
Iliyat Kurd-zeben or tribes of the Kurdish
language......... .......... .................... ..
Of the.Karaschi............................ ...................... 61
Iliyahs of Persian origin . . . . . . . .____... ... ... 62
Section 6. Of the physical characters of the Persian race 64
Section 7. Of the Kurds......... ............................... . 68
Paragraph 1. Land o f the Kurds ............ 68
Paragraph 2. Kurdish tribes and castes ... 69
• Paragraph 3. Language and origin of the -
.Kurds . . . . ................................................... ... 73
Paragraph 4. Physical character and habits
of the Kurds ................................. . ^ ...... 76
Paragraph. 5, Of the Y e zid es...... .. . 78
Section 10. Of the Pushtaneh, Patans, or Affghans ............ 81
1. Tribes o f north-eastern Affghans or Berdur&
ni.............................................................. 87
2. South-eastern tribes-of Daman................... 88
3. Mountain tribes of the Solim^n moun-;
tains.................. ........................... 89
4. Western Affghans—Duriimi ......... ........ . 89
5. Of the Ghilji........................................ 90
CHAPTER X I .
jHistory of India—Origin and Physical Description of its
Inhabitants.
Page.
Section 1. - Geographical, survey of India—Subdivision of
countries with reference to their great physical
boundaries — Corresponding distribution of
races .............................'... .................... 92
Paragraph 2. General observations on the
races o f people who inhabit the regions
described.'in the preceding pages ...... . 96
S ection 2. Outline'of the history of the Hindoos................. 98
Paragraph 1. Sources of information........ 98
Paragraph 2. Attempts made to determine
the early dates of Indian History-—War
o f the Mahabharata . .7...... ................ ....... 101
Paragraph 3. O f the commencement of the
dynasties—Earliest period of Indian antiquity
. . . . ......... .— «■................................. 105
Paragraph 4. Of the history of India
during the ages which succeeded the conquests
o f the Macedonians— Indo„Scy-
thian dynasty—Era of Yikramaditya—
Empire of the Prasii or of Magad’ha ... 108
Eastern India—Kingdom of Magad’ha... 11H
Paragraph 5s Of the history of the Hindoos
from the age of Yikramaditya to the
invasion of the Moslims. . . ..................... *.. 114
1. Ayodhya or Oude .............. .................... 115
2. Canouj ..................................................v 115
3. Mewar .............. ........ .......................... 116
Paragraph 6. On the history of Buddhism
and the Buddhistical chronology of the
Hindoos .............................. ......................... * 117
Note 1 to Section 2. Of the astronomical chronology of the
Brahmans .................... ................. ....................... 125
Note 2 to Section 2. History of the IncLo-Scythian or Turkish
dynasty which succeeded the Greek dynasty
in Bactria and in western India .................. 127
Greek accounts . .. . .. .. ....................... . 129