SUASTE´NE(Σουαστήνη, Ptol. 7.1.42), a district in the NW. of India, beyond the Panjáb, and above the junction of the Kabúlriver and the Indus. It derives its name from the small river Suastus (the Suvastúor Suwad), which is one of the tributaries of the Kabúlriver. [GORYA]
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