SUASTE´NE
SUASTE´NE (
Σουαστήνη,
Ptol. 7.1.42), a district in the NW. of India, beyond the
Panjáb, and above the junction of the
Kabúl river and the Indus.
It derives its name from the small river Suastus (the
Suvastú or
Suwad), which is one of the tributaries of the
Kabúl river. [
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