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[Here follows the description of the Rhinoceros and Sarabha, which agrees with the original Arabic of Al Bíruní, and need not be translated in this place. The Rhinoceros is called Karkadan in the original and appears to he the same as the καρτάζωυου of Ælian, Hist. An. XVI. 20, 21. The Sarabha is called Shardawát in the Persian, and Sharaudát in the Arabic MS.]
Abú Rihán states that from Narána, in a south-west direction, lies Anhálwara^[1], at a distance of sixty parasangs; thence to Somnát, on the sea, fifty. From Anhálwara, towards the south, to Lárdes,^[2] of which the capitals are Bahrúj and Dhanjúr,^[3] forty-two. These are on the shore of the sea, to the east of Tána.
West from Narána^[4] is Multán, at the distance of fifty parasangs; thence to Bhátí,^[5] fifteen. South-east from Bhátí is Arúr,^[6] at a distance of fifteen parasangs. Bhátí is situated between two arms of the Indus. Thence to Bahmanú Mansúra, twenty; thence to Loharání, the embouchure of the river, thirty parasangs.
From Kanauj, going north, and turning a little to the west, you come to Sharasháraha,^[7] fifty parasangs. Thence to Pinjor, eighteen, parasangs. That place is on a lofty hill,^[8] and opposite to it, in the

1. [So read by Reinaud and Elliot. A. has and , B. , C. and D. . Nahalwára is only another form of the name.]
2. See Lassen, Zeitschrift, f. d. K. d. Morgenl: I. 227. [Láta-desa in Sanskrit and the Larice of Ptolemy. We have a copper-grant made by the Rája of this country in A.D. 812. See Jour. Beng. A. S., April, 1839, Jour. R. A. S. viii. 16.]
3. [Reinaud has “Rahauhour.” A. and B. have , and C. has . The letters m and h are liable to be confounded, so that Elliot's reading is probably right.]
4. See note 9, page 58.
5. [So read by Reinaud and Elliot. A. has and , , B. , C. , D. . The “Bánia,“ of the other geographers?]
6. [A. has , B. , C. . Alor?]
7. [Elliot reads “Sirsáwah;” Reinaud “Schirscharhah;” A. has , B. , C. , D. . “This is certainly Sirsáwah, an old and famous place where both Taimúr and Baber halted.”—Cunningham.]
8. This is not correct with reference to modern Pinjore, which is in a valley on the southern side of the Hills.