Note 29 — CHAPTER 2
Reading edition
[The theory of the Jewish descent of the Afghāns is not now accepted by any serious student. They are probably of Aryan origin, though the Yadu theory in the text is not supported by good evidence. They link India on the east with Persia on the west (Sykes, Hist. of Persia, ii. 306; Bellew, Races of Afghanistan, 15 ff.).]