大唐西域記 11.42

11.42

狼揭羅國，東西南北各數千里。國大都城周三十餘里，號窣菟黎濕伐羅。土地沃潤，稼穡滋盛。氣序風俗，同阿點婆翅羅國。居人殷盛，多諸珍寶。臨大海濱，入西女國之路也。無大君長，據川自立，不相承命，役屬波剌斯國。文字大同印度，語言少異。邪正兼信。伽藍百餘所，僧徒六千餘人，大小二乘，兼功習學。天祠數百所，塗灰外道，其徒極眾。城中有大自在天祠，莊嚴壯麗，塗灰外道之所宗事。自此西北，至波剌斯國（雖非印度之國，路次附見。舊曰波斯，略也）。

This country is several thousand li from east to west and from north to south. The capital is about 30 li round. It is named Su-nu-li-chi-fa-lo (Sunurisvara ?). The soil is rich and fertile, and yields abundant harvests. The climate and the manners of the people are like those of 'O-tin-p'o-chi-lo. The population is dense. It possesses abundance of precious gems and stones. It borders on the ocean. It is on the route to the kingdom of the western women. It has no chief ruler. The people occupy a long valley, and are not dependent on one another. They are under the government of Persia. The letters are much the same as those of India : their language is a little different. There are believers and heretics living together amongst them. There are some hundred sangharamas, and perhaps 6000 priests, who study the teaching of both the Little and Great Vehicle. There are several hundred Deva temples. The heretics called Pasupatas are exceedingly numerous. In the city is a temple to Mahesvara-Deva : it is richly adorned and sculptured. The Pasupata heretics here offer their religious worship.
From this going north-west, we come to the kingdom of Po-la-sse (Persia).