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'''Zahor''' - An ancient kingdom thought to be located near the place known today as Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, northern India. Some have suggested that Zahor is a corruption of the Persian word Śahor, which means simply 'city', or that it is a degeneration of an Indian word and refers to the state of Bengal. | '''Zahor''' (Tib ཟ་ཧོར་, Wyl. ''za hor'') - An ancient kingdom thought to be located near the place known today as Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, northern India. Some have suggested that Zahor is a corruption of the Persian word Śahor, which means simply 'city', or that it is a degeneration of an Indian word and refers to the state of Bengal. | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
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Zahor (Tib ཟ་ཧོར་, Wyl. za hor) - An ancient kingdom thought to be located near the place known today as Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, northern India. Some have suggested that Zahor is a corruption of the Persian word Śahor, which means simply 'city', or that it is a degeneration of an Indian word and refers to the state of Bengal.
Further Reading
- Giuseppe Tucci, Tibetan Painted Scrolls, p. 734