Kabul (English spelling)

Japanese: カーブル（英語表記）Kābul

The capital of Afghanistan. Population 700,000 (1993). It is located on the southern side of the Hindu Kush Mountains, in the Kabul Basin at an altitude of 1,800m, along the Kabul River, a tributary of the Indus River. It is connected to Jalalabad and Peshawar via Tangi Qar to the east, Hazarajat via the Unai Pass to the west, Ghazna and Kandahar to the south, and Turkestan via the tunnel at Sarang Pass to the north. It has been a key transportation point since ancient times, and since Alexander the Great's eastern expedition in the 4th century BC, it has been invaded and ruled by the Kushan Empire, the Hephthalites, and other dynasties, and Buddhism and Hindu culture flourished there.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

アフガニスタンの首都。人口70万(1993)。ヒンドゥークシュ山脈の南側，カーブル盆地の標高1800mの地にあり，インダス川の支流カーブル川に沿う。東はタンギ･ガールーを経てジャララバード，ペシャーワルに，西はウナイ峠を越えてハザラジャートに，南はガズナ，カンダハールに，北はサーラング峠のトンネルを経てトルキスタンに，それぞれ通ずる。古代からの交通上の要地で，前4世紀のアレクサンドロス大王の東征以降，クシャーナ朝，エフタルなどの侵入，支配が行われ，仏教，ヒンドゥー文化が栄えた。

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