. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . , andvowed that they only gave them what was very old and hard, as they could not soften Note 3.—Bolor is a subject which it would take several pages to discuss withfulness, and I must refer for such fuller discussion to a paper in the J. R. G. S. p. 473- The name Bolor is very old, occurring in Hiuen Tsangs Travels (7th century),and in still older Chinese works of like character. General Cunningham has told usthat Balti is still termed Balor by the Dards of Gilghit ; and Mr. Shaw, that Palo
. The book of Ser Marco Polo : the Venetian concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East . , andvowed that they only gave them what was very old and hard, as they could not soften Note 3.—Bolor is a subject which it would take several pages to discuss withfulness, and I must refer for such fuller discussion to a paper in the J. R. G. S. p. 473- The name Bolor is very old, occurring in Hiuen Tsangs Travels (7th century),and in still older Chinese works of like character. General Cunningham has told usthat Balti is still termed Balor by the Dards of Gilghit ; and Mr. Shaw, that Palor isan old name still sometimes used by the Kirghiz for the upper part of Chitral. Theindications of Hiuen Tsang are in accordance with General Cunninghams informa-tion ; and the fact that Chitral is described under the name of Bolor in Chinese worksof the last century entirely justifies that of Mr. Shaw. A Pushtu poem of the17th century, translated by Major Raverty, assigns the mountains of Bilaur-istin,as the northern boundary of Swat. The collation of these indications shows that the. [To/ace p. 178. Samarkand Marco Polos Itineraries Regions on and near the Upper QxusPolos Route —— Polos names in block type thus Bale Jfiles
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