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(or Kandahar) and Delhi lie, have ever preserved their
independence. And as an inevitable consequence they
have always given trouble periodically, and armies and
posts have had to be established to keep watch and ward

Fig, 75.—Native States, Southern India.

over their proceedings. The Baluch borderland is
dominated easily from Quetta; and it may now be
treated geographically as an integral part of the ¢ State”
of Kalat or Baluchistan. The Pathan borderland farther
north is not really dominated from anywhere, and a large