大唐西域記 2.41

2.41

健馱邏國，東西千餘里，南北八百餘里。東臨信度河。國大都城號布路沙布邏，周四十餘里。王族絕嗣，役屬迦畢試國。邑里空荒，居人稀少，宮城一隅有千餘戶。穀稼殷盛，花果繁茂，多甘蔗，出石蜜。氣序溫暑，略無霜雪。人性恇怯，好習典藝，多敬異道，少信正法。自古已來，印度之境作論諸師，則有那羅延天、無著菩薩、世親菩薩、法救、如意、脇尊者等本生處也。僧伽藍千餘所，摧殘荒廢，蕪漫蕭條，諸窣堵波頗多頹圮。天祠百數，異道雜居。

The kingdom of Gandhâra is about 1000 li from east to west, and about 800 li from north to south. On the east it borders on the river Sin (Sindh). The capital of the country is called Po-lu-sha-pu-lo ; it is about 40 li in circuit. The royal family is extinct, and the kingdom is governed by deputies from Kapiśa. The towns and villages are deserted, and there are but few inhabitants. At one corner of the royal residence there are about 1000 families. The country is rich in cereals, and produces a variety of flowers and fruits; it abounds also in sugar-cane, from the juice of which they prepare "the solid sugar." The climate is warm and moist, and in general without ice or snow. The disposition of the people is timid and soft: they love literature; most of them belong to heretical schools; a few believe in the true law. From old time till now this border-land of India has produced many authors of śāstras; for example, Nārāyaṇadeva, Asaṅga Bodhisattva, Vasubandhu Bodhisattva, Dharmatrāta, Manorhita, Pārśva the noble, and so on. There are about 1000 saṅghārāmas, which are deserted and in ruins. They are filled with wild shrubs, and solitary to the last degree. The stūpas are mostly decayed. The heretical temples, to the number of about 100, are occupied pell-mell by heretics.