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Rh The river Máran waters the land of Kit and flows through deserts. It passes through several countries where the people wear the bark of trees and grass instead of clothes, and are friendly to the brahmans. Then it passes through the desert and flows into the sea of Ajáj. The river Bakan passes through Námrán, and through several countries where the people have their habitations in the hills,—then it flows on to the Karans and the Barbarans, i.e., people whose ears hang down to their shoulders. Next it touches the country of the Ashmuks, whose faces are like the faces of animals. Then it falls into the sea. The Lashan-barán is a river with a wide bed. It falls into the sea. It has been mentioned in the beginning of this work that the country of Hind is divided into nine parts. The Indians are of