Dogan is cited in an 1885 British work as the chief deity of the
Siyah Posh tribe of
Kafiristan
Kāfiristān, or Kāfirstān ( ps, کاپیرستان, prs, کافرستان), is a historical region that covered present-day Nuristan Province in Afghanistan and Chitral District of Pakistan. This historic region lies on, and mainly comprises ...
(now
Nuristan
Nuristan, also spelled as Nurestan or Nooristan (Dari: ; Kamkata-vari: ), is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It is divided into seven districts and is Afghanistan's least populous province, wi ...
). His other incarnations are given as: Mahadeo, Bruk, Kantaar, Pane Truskai, and Eumrai.
[
Edward Balfour. ]
The cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: commercial, industrial and scientific, products of the mineral, vegetable, and animal kingdoms, useful arts and manufactures, Volume 2
'. Publisher B. Quaritch, 1885.
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History of Nuristan Province
Asian gods
Religion in Afghanistan
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