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52 Barbarkáj, Bakrúbár, and Anjat, and waters the farms and fields of those places. The river of Sind crosses that country in many places of its length and breadth, and bounds it in many others. Its well-known towns are Dard, Randanand, Kándahar, Rúras, Karúr, Siyúr, Indar, Marw, Siyát, Sind, Kand, Bahímrúr, Marmún, and Sakúrad. The river Ganges passes over the central pillar of the moon to Barkandharat, Rásakín, Baládar, Aurkán, and many other cities and towns; it then touches the defiles of Band, where there are many elephants, and passes on to the southern ocean. Among the eastern streams is the Ládan which flows through seven kingdoms, whose inhabitants have lips like inverted ears. Thence it flows to three other countries, of which the people are exceedingly black, and have no colour or complexion. Then it runs through several other countries to Hast A′ín, where it falls into the eastern sea.