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The Bābur-nāma in English (Memoirs of Bābur)

Note 1495 — SECTION II. KĀBUL666 (continued 5)

Annette Susannah Beveridge translation

i.e. the water of Luhugūr (Logar). Tradition says that Būt-khāk (Idol-dust) was so named because there Sl. Maḥmūd of Ghaznī had idols, brought by him out of Hindūstān, pounded to dust. Raverty says the place is probably the site of an ancient temple (vahāra).

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