131, note 5).

The Persian name is the same with Vitast[=a], which is located in the Punj[=a]b.] [Footnote 15: On the Kurus compare Zimmer (loc.

cit.), who thinks Kashmeer is meant, and Geiger, loc.cit.p.39.

Other geographical reminiscences may lie in Vedic and Brahmanic allusions to Bactria, Balkh (AV.); to the Derbiker (around Meru?
RV.), and to Manu's mountain, whence he descended after the flood (Naubandhana): _Catapatha Br[=a]hmana_, I.
8.

1, 6, 'Manu's descent'.] [Footnote 16: _Arch.