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Baber (a connoisseur) as the custom of Nijrao, adjoining, if not then - Page 669
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The Boiling Of The Wine Is Noted By Baber (A Connoisseur) As The Custom Of Nijrao, Adjoining, If Not Then Included In, Kafir-Land; And Elphinstone Implies The Continuance Of The Custom When He Speaks Of The Kafirs As Having Wine Of The Consistence Of Jelly, And Very Strong.

The wine of Kapishi, the Greek Kapisa, immediately south of Hindu Kush, was famous as early as the time of the Hindu grammarian Panini, say three centuries B.C. The cord twisted round the head was probably also a relic of Kafir costume:

"Few of the Kafirs cover the head, and when they do, it is with a narrow band or fillet of goat's hair ... about a yard or a yard and a half in length, wound round the head." This style of head-dress seems to be very ancient in India, and in the Sanchi sculptures is that of the supposed Dasyas. Something very similar, i.e. a scanty turban cloth twisted into a mere cord, and wound two or three times round the head, is often seen in the Panjab to this day.

The Postin or sheepskin coat is almost universal on both sides of the Hindu Kush; and Wood notes: "The shoes in use resemble half-boots, made of goatskin, and mostly of home manufacture." (Baber, 145; J. A. S. B. XXVIII. 348, 364; Elphinst. II. 384; Ind. Antiquary, I. 22; Wood, 174, 220; J. R. A. S. XIX. 2.)

NOTE 4. - Marsden was right in identifying Scassem or Casem with the Kechem of D'Anville's Map, but wrong in confounding the latter with the Kishmabad of Elphinstone - properly, I believe, Kishnabad - in the Anderab Valley.

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