釋迦方志 2.74

2.74

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.