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Khawāk Pass

mountain pass, Asia

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Hindu Kush Mountains

  • Hindu Kush and Karakoram Range
    In Hindu Kush: Study and exploration

    …of these was either the Khawāk Pass in the Panjshēr River valley, over which Alexander the Great passed northward, or the adjacent Thalle Pass, used by Timur; the second was the Kushān Pass (slightly to the west of the present-day Sālang road tunnel), which Alexander crossed southward; and the third…

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