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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 860 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PAROPAMISUS , the name given by the Greeks to the parts of the See also:

HINDU

Hindu Kush bordering See also:

KOHISTAN

Kohistan to the See also:

north-See also:

west of See also:

KABUL

Kabul . It is now applied in a restricted sense to the See also:

WATER

water-parting between See also:

HERAT

Herat and the See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian frontier on the See also:

KUSHK

Kushk See also:

RIVER

river, which possesses no See also:

LOCAL

local name of its own . From Herat See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city to the See also:

crest of the Paropamisus, which is crossed by several easy passes, is a distance of about 36 m., involving a rise of loon ft .

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