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== Etymology == | == Etymology == | ||
The name "Swat" (स्वात) is derived from the [[Swat River]]. In the [[Rigveda]], the river is referred to as सुवास्तु (Suvāstu), which translates to "of fair dwellings." Some interpretations suggest that the Sanskrit name may signify "clear blue water".<ref>{{cite book|author=Susan Whitfield|author-link=Susan Whitfield|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cHBdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT136|title=Silk, Slaves, and Stupas: Material Culture of the Silk Road|publisher=University of California Press|year=2018|isbn=978-0-520-95766-4|page=136}}</ref> Another theory posits that the term Swat comes from the Sanskrit word श्वेत (Śvēta), meaning 'white', which also describes the clear waters of the Swat River.<ref name="Sultan_2008">{{cite book|author=Sultan-i-Rome|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIsMAQAAMAAJ|title=Swat State (1915–1969) from Genesis to Merger: An Analysis of Political, Administrative, Socio-political, and Economic Development|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-19-547113-7|page=13}}</ref> To the ancient Greeks, the river was known as ''Soastus'',<ref>{{Cite book|author=Edward Herbert Bunbury |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6GYDAAAAQAAJ&q=Soastus+swat&pg=PA442|title=A history of ancient geography among the Greeks and Romans|date=1879|publisher=J. Murray|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Arrian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2hdHI2Gd0HwC&q=Soastus+swat&pg=PA231|title=Alexander the Great: The Anabasis and the Indica|date=2013-02-14|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-958724-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Saxena|first=Savitri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sw4qAAAAYAAJ&q=swat+river+soastes|title=Geographical Survey of the Purāṇas: The Purāṇas, a Geographical Survey|date=1995|publisher=Nag Publishers|isbn=978-81-7081-333-0|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Sultan_2008" /> while the Chinese pilgrim [[Faxian]] referred to the region as ''Su-ho-to''.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Rienjang|first1=Wannaporn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9yWNDwAAQBAJ&q=Faxian+su-ho-to&pg=PA107|title=The Geography of Gandhāran Art: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 22nd-23rd March, 2018|last2=Stewart|first2=Peter|date=2019-03-15|publisher=Archaeopress|isbn=978-1-78969-187-0|language=en|access-date=11 September 2021|archive-date=25 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825152325/https://books.google.com/books?id=9yWNDwAAQBAJ&q=Faxian+su-ho-to&pg=PA107#v=snippet&q=Faxian%20su-ho-to&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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