dhu is in the singular the name of the river
Indus, in the plural of the people and territories on its banks. The
name appears as _Hidku_ in the cuneiform inscription of Darius' son
of Hystaspes, in which the nations tributary to that king are
enumerated.

The Hebrew form is _Hodda_ (Esther, I. 1.). In Zend it appears as
_Hendu_ in a somewhat wider sense. With the Persians later the
signification of _Hind_ seems to have co-extended with their
increasing acquaintance with the country. The weak Ionic dialect
omitted the Persian _h_, and we find in Hecataeus and Herodotus {~GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH PSILI AND OXIA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER FINAL SIGMA~}
and {~GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA WITH DASIA~} {~GREEK CAPITAL LETTER IOTA WITH PSILI~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER NU~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER IOTA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER KAPPA~}{~GREEK SMALL LETTER ETA WITH OXIA~}. In this form the Romans received the names and
transmitted them to us. The Arabian geographers in their ignorance
that Hind and Sind are two forms of the same word have made of them
two brothers and traced their decent from Noah. See Lassen's
Indische Alterthumskunde Vol. I. pp. 2, 3.

74 The situation of Vanayu is not exactly determined: it seems to have
lain to the north-west of India.

75 Kamboja was probably still further to the north-west. Lassen thinks
that the name is etymologically connected with _Cambyses_ which in
the cuneiform inscription of Behistun is written Ka(m)bujia.

76 The elephants of Indra and other deities who preside over the four
points of the compass.

77 "There are four kinds of elephants. 1 _Bhaddar_. It is well
proportioned, has an erect head, a broad chest, large ears, a long
tail, and is bold and can bear fatigue. 2 _Mand_. It is black, has
yellow eyes, a uniformly sized body, and is wild and ungovernable. 3
_Mirg_. It has a whitish skin, with black spots. 4 _Mir_. It has a
small head, and obeys readily. It gets frightened when it thunders."
_Ain-i-Akbari._. Translated by H. Blochmann, Ain 41, _The Imperial
Elephant Stables_.

78 Ayodhya means _not to be fought against_.

79 Attendants of Indra, eight Gods whose names signify fire, light and
its phenomena.

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