大唐西域記 11.28

11.28

阿吒釐國，周六千餘里。國大都城周二十餘里。居人殷盛，珍寶盈積，稼穡雖備，興販為業。土地沙鹵，花菓稀少。出胡椒樹，樹葉若蜀椒也。出薰陸香樹，樹葉若棠梨也。氣序熱，多風埃。人性澆薄，貴財賤德。文字語言，儀形法則，大同摩臘婆國。多不信福，縱有信者，宗事天神。祠館十餘所，異道雜居。從摩臘婆國西北行三日，至契吒國（南印度境）。

This country is about 6000 li in circuit; the capital of the country is about 20 li or so in circuit. The population is dense; the quantity of gems and precious substances stored up is very great; the produce of the land is sufficient for all purposes, yet commerce is their principal occupation. The soil is salt and sandy, the fruits and flowers are not plentiful. The country produces the hu-tsiau tree. The leaves of this tree are like those of the Sz'chuen pepper (Shuh tsiau); it also produces the hiun-lu perfume tree, the leaf of which is like the thang-li. The climate is warm, windy, and dusty. The disposition of the people is cold and indifferent. They esteem riches and despise virtue. Respecting their letters, language, and the manners and figures of the people, these are much the same as in the country of Malava. The greater part of the people have no faith in the virtue of religious merit; as to those who do believe, they worship principally the spirits of heaven, and their temples are some thousand in number, in which sectaries of different characters congregate.
Going north-west from the country of Malava, after passing over 300 li or so, we come to the country of 'K'ie-ch'a (Kachha).