"“The fact [is] that Avestan geography, particularly the list in Vd. I, is confined to the east,” ...[this list is] “r…"

"[The horizon of the Avesta] “is according to Burrow, wholly eastern and therefore certainly earlier than the westward…"

"[the attempt to transpose the geography of the Avesta from Afghanistan to western Iran] “was doubtless due to differe…"

"“With VarAna and RaNhA, as of course with Hapta HAndu, which comes between them in the Vd. I list, we find ourselves …"

"[the Avesta reflects] “an historical situation in which Iranian elements exist side by side with … Aryan or Proto-Ind…"

"“in the denomination of Ariana, which became known to the Greeks after the Macedonian conquest of the eastern territo…"

"[the airyo-Sayana refers to] “the vast region that stretches southward from the HindUkuS,” ... “from the southern slo…"

"[Likewise, in later Greek tradition, ArianE] “is the Greek name which doubtless reflects an older Iranian tradition t…"

"The Hilmand region and the HAmUn-i Hilmand are beyond all doubt the most minutely described countries in Avestan geog…"

"[This region is subject to] “a process of spiritualization of Avestan geography … in the famous celebration of the Hi…"