Kharkhota appears as the designation of a
sorcerer or another kind of uncanny persons in Haracar., ii. 125, along
with Krtyas and Vetalas...."
3. - PAONANO PAO. (Vol. i. p. 173.)
In his paper on Zoroastrian Deities on Indo-Scythians' Coins
(Babylonian and Oriental Record, August, 1887, pp. 155-166; rep. in the
Indian Antiquary, 1888), Dr. M.A. Stein has demonstrated that the
legend PAONANO PAO on the coins of the Yue-Chi or Indo-Scythian Kings
(Kanishka, Huvishka, Vasudeva), is the exact transcription of the old
Iranian title Shahanan Shah (Persian Shahan-shah), "King of Kings";
the letter P, formerly read as P(r), has since been generally
recognised, in accordance with his interpretation as a distinct character
expressing the sound sh.
4. - PAMIR. (Vol. i. pp. 174-175.)
I was very pleased to find that my itinerary agrees with that of Dr. M.A.
Stein; this learned traveller sends me the following remarks: "The remark
about the absence of birds (pp. 174-175) might be a reflex of the very
ancient legend (based probably on the name zend Upairi-saena, pehlevi
Aparsin, 'higher than the birds') which represents the Hindu Kush
range proper as too high for birds to fly over. The legend can be traced
by successive evidence in the case of the range north of Kabul." -
Regarding the route (p. 175) from the Wakhjir (sic) Pass down the
Taghdum-bash Pamir, then via Tash-kurghan, Little Karakul, Bulun Kul,
Gez Daria to Tashmalik and Kashgar, Dr. Stein says that he surveyed it in
July, 1900, and he refers for the correct phonetic spelling of local names
along it to his map to be published in J.R.G.S., in December, 1902.
He says in his Prel.
