History of Kurram The kurram, like various other rivers of the
frontier, finds mention in the “Rig Veda” , and its valley must
always have been one of the easiest and most used routes into
India for the great migrations which took place between 4,000 to
2,000 BC; although no detailed information is available about
this. The river is mentioned under the name of Krumu, as one of
the tributaries, which joins the Indus on its right bank. The
Safed-koh range that forms the boundary of the present kurram
Agency appears to be the same as the ancient svethpatha, and it
is likely that the rich and healthy uplands of the kurram and
khost areas would always have been a place of habitation and
agriculture. As in other parts of the frontier too a number of
Hindu names of mountain peaks and rivers exist to the present
day, proving the undoubted occupation of the country by early
Hindu Aryan immigrants. It seems likely that a greek settlement
was established in the area by the successors of Alexander, for
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