Synopsis The present volume is a absorbing and informative account of Afghans and Pathans of the North-West frontier, Afghanistan and the borderlands. The book presents a fascinating panorama of landscape, environment and life-style of the turbulent occupants of the trans-Indus mountains. In his long and intimate intercourse with the tribesmen, as recounted in this book, the author throws many new and interesting sidelights on the domestic and social, as well as on the moral and religious aspects of their lives and characters. The book demonstrates both the grandeur of the region and the charm of its tradition. The study abounds in cultural, archaeological, social and anthropological data of the land. The book excels in its vivid depictions related to its fascinating and original insight and will be of enormous interest to the historians, explorers, anthropologists, sociologists, environmentalists and general readers.