"It is much to be regretted that the Oriental records of the period, as
far as they were accessible to Sir Henry Yule, seemed to have retained
only faint traces of the Mongol adventurer's remarkable inroad. From the
point of view of Indian history it was, no doubt, a mere passing episode.
But some details regarding it would possess special interest as
illustrating an instance of successful invasion by a route that so far has
not received its due share of attention." [See supra, pp. 4, 22-24.]
XXX., p. 164.
"The Chinese Toba Dynasty History mentions, in company with Samarcand,
K'a-shi-mih (Cashmeer), and Kapisa, a State called Pan-she, as sending
tribute to North China along with the Persian group of States. This name
Pan-she [Chinese] does not, to the best of my belief, occur a second
time in any Chinese record." (PARKER, Asiatic Quart. Rev., Jan., 1904,
p. 135.)
XXX., p. 164. "Now let us proceed and speak of another country which is
seven day's journey from this one [Pashai] towards the south-east, and the
name of which is KESHIMUR."
This short estimate has perplexed Sir Henry Yule, l.c., p. 166.
