大唐西域記 12.46

12.46

王城東三百餘里大荒澤中，數十頃地，絕無櫱草，其土赤黑。聞諸耆舊曰：敗軍之地也。昔者，東國軍師百萬西伐，此時瞿薩旦那王亦整齊戎馬數十萬眾，東禦強敵，至於此地，兩軍相遇，因即合戰。西兵失利，乘勝殘殺，虜其王，殺其將，誅戮士卒，無復孑遺。流血染地，其迹斯在。

Three hundred li or so to the east of the royal city is a great desert marsh, upwards of several thousands acres in extent, without any verdure whatever. Its surface is a reddish-black. The old people explain the matter thus : This is the place where an army was defeated. In old days an army of the eastern country numbering a hundred myriads of men invaded the western kingdom. The king of Kustana, on his side, equipped a body of cavalry to the number of ten myriads, and advanced to the east to offer the enemy battle. Coming to this spot, an engagement took place. The troops of the west being defeated, they were cut to pieces and their king was taken prisoner and all their officers killed without leaving one to escape. The ground was dyed with blood, and the traces of it still remain (in the colour of the earth).