Swat a lot of nonsense.(News)

The Daily Mail (London, England) | June 9, 2009 | Copyright

Byline: Compiled by Charles Legge

QUESTIONIs the Swat area of Pakistan, featuring in current news reports, the same as the one to which Edward Lear referred in his 1888 poem, The Akond of Swat?

THE Swat region of northern Pakistan (India, before 1947) was a cradle of human civilisation. The mighty Swat River created a fertile valley, suitable for farming and fishing, inviting the attention of many invaders.

Alexander the Great conquered lower Swat in 327BC, after sieges of Ora (now Udegram) and Bazira (now Barikot), subduing the Assakenoi people ...

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