大唐西域記 4.24

4.24

從此東行五百餘里，至秣菟羅國（中印度境）。

This country is about 3000 li in circuit, and the capital about 14 or 15 li. Grain is abundant and late wheat. There is a strange kind of rice grown here, which ripens after sixty There are many oxen and sheep, few flowers and fruits. The climate is warm and fiery, the manners of the people are resolute and fierce. They do not esteem learning, and are given to honour the heretics. The king is of the Vaisya caste; he is of a brave and impetuous nature, and very warlike.
There are eight tiias, mostly ruined, with a very priests, who study the Little Vehicle. There are ten Deva temples with about 1000 followers of different sects.
Going east from this 500 li or so, we come to the country of Mo-t'u-lo (Mathura).