the nations who composed the paropamisadae are recorded as the cabolitae () in the north near modern kabul; the parsii (πάρσιοι) in the northwest, the ambautae () in the east and the par(g)yetae () in the south, who were also found in arachosia. the major cities of the land were the city of ortospana () or carura (κάρουρα), probably identifiable with kabul, gauzaca (γαύζακα), probably modern ghazni, capissa (καπίσσα), modern-day kapisa, and parsia (παρσία), the capital of the parsii.