[152] Kachmir, a province of North Hindostan, situated principally between the 34h and 35th degree of north latitude.—(Hamilton’s E. India Gazeteer.)
[153] Kishtovar, a town in the province of Lahore, named also Triloknath, situated close to the southern range of the Kashmere hills, and 94 miles E. S. E. from the city of Kashmere. Lat. 34° 7´ N., long. 75° 20´ E.—(Hamilton’s E. India Gazetteer).
[154] Nagarikot, or Cote Caungra (Cata-Khankhara), a strong fortress in the province of Lahore, 122 miles E. N. E. from the city of Lahore. Lat. 32° 20´ N., long. 73° 42´ E.
[155] Kabul, the capital of the province of Kabul, in Afghanistan. Lat. 34° 31´ N., long. 68° 34´ E.—(Hamilton’s E. India Gazetteer).
[156] Jelalabad, a town in the province of Kabul, 73 miles E. S. E. from the city of Kabul. Lat. 34° 6´ N., long. 69° 46´ E.—(Hamilton’s E. India Gazetteer).
[157] Peshaver, “the advanced post,” an Afghan town in the province of Kabul. Lat. 33° 22´ N., long. 76° 37´ E.—(Ibid.)
[158] See, about Nanak, the subsequent pages.
[159] कायस्थ, this is commonly the writer caste, proceeding from a Kshattriya father and a Súdra mother.—(Wilson).
[160] Shah Wáli Ullah, or Shems Wáli Ullah is the author of Hindustan poems, the original text of which was published in 1834, and a French translation of a part of them in 1836, by M. Garcin de Tassy. According to this learned Indianist (see preface to the text, pp. x. xi) Wáli was born in Surat; he wrote about the middle of the 18th century, and was known in India, Iran, and Turan. Is he the same with the above mentioned Wáli? So much only can be said, till better informed, that the ono was a contemporary of the other.