釋迦方志 1.70

1.70

婆羅吸摩補羅國（北印度）周四千餘里山周四境。都城周二十餘里寺五僧少。天祠有十異道雜住。國北大雪山有蘇伐剌拏瞿呾羅國（言金氏也）出上黃金。東西地長即東女國。非印度攝。又即名大羊同國。東接土蕃西接三波訶。北接于闐。其國世以女為王。夫亦為王不知國政。男夫征伐種田而已。又從末底補羅國東南行四百餘里至。

The kingdom of Brahmapura (Northern India) is more than four thousand li in circuit, surrounded on all four sides by mountains. The capital is more than twenty li in circuit; monasteries are five, and monks are few. There are ten deva temples, where tīrthikas live mingled together. North of the kingdom, in the Great Snow Mountains, is the kingdom of Suvarṇagotra (which means "gold clan"), which produces superior gold. Extending long from east to west, it is the Kingdom of Eastern Women; it is not included in India. It is also called the kingdom of Great Yangtong. To the east it borders Tubo, to the west it borders Sampaha, and to the north it borders Khotan. In that country, women have ruled as kings for generations; their husbands are also called king, but have no knowledge of state affairs. The men merely wage military campaigns and cultivate the fields. Travelling more than four hundred li southeast from the kingdom of Matipura, one arrives at: