釋迦方志 2.74

2.74

波剌斯國（非印度攝）周數萬里。都城周四十餘里人物甚盛。寺有三所僧數百人。天祠甚多。土出金銀鍮石頗胝水精。死多棄尸。佛鉢在王宮中。東境有鶴秣城郭。周六十餘里。人眾盛。西北接拂懍國（非印度）出伯狗子。本赤頭鴨生於穴中。案梁貢職圖云。去波斯北一萬里。西南海島有西女國（非印度）拂懍年別送男夫配焉。彼圖又云。波羅斯西一萬里極。婆羅門國南一萬里。又是婆羅門以今往度疑太遼遠。從阿點北七百餘里至臂多勢羅國（西印度）周三千餘里。都城周二十餘里。人盛。屬信度國。寺五十餘僧三千餘人。小乘正量部。天祠二十餘。塗灰道也。

the kingdom of Persia (not included in India), several tens of thousands of li in circuit. The capital is more than forty li in circuit, and the population is very large. There are three monasteries with several hundred monks. Deva temples are very numerous. The land produces gold, silver, brass, crystal, and rock crystal. When they die, they mostly abandon the corpses. The Buddha's bowl is in the royal palace. On the eastern frontier is the walled city of Hormuz, more than sixty li in circuit, with a dense population. To the northwest it adjoins the country of Byzantium (not in India), which produces *bo dog pups, which were originally red-headed ducks born in burrows. According to the Liang Tribute Illustrations (Liang gongzhi tu), it is ten thousand li north of Persia. In an island in the southwestern sea is the Country of Western Women (not in India); Byzantium sends husbands every year to mate with them. That illustration also says: 'To the west of Persia is the terminus of ten thousand li; ten thousand li south is the country of brāhmaṇas.' As this is also brāhmaṇa country, judging by present conditions, I suspect it is overly distant. Going more than seven hundred li north from Audumbaraṭira, one reaches the kingdom of Piṭāśilā (West India), which is more than three thousand li in circuit. The capital is more than twenty li in circuit. The population is abundant. It is subject to the kingdom of Sindhu. There are over fifty monasteries and more than three thousand monks of the Hīnayāna Saṃmatīyanikāya. There are more than twenty deva temples belonging to the ash-smearing sect.