Riyaz al-salatin 3.2.1

3.2.1

And adjoining to Assam, (Asham) is Tibet, and adjoining Tibet, are Khata and Machin. The capital of Khata is Khan Baligh, which is at a distance of four days from the sea. It is said from Khan Baligh to the seashore, a canal has been dug, and both sides of it have been solidly embanked. And in the mountains to the east of Asham towards Utarakul, at a distance of fifteen days' journey, the tribes of Mari and Majmi dwell. In that mountain black deer and elephants are bred. Silver, copper and tin are procured from those mountains. The habits of those tribes (of Mari and Majmi) resemble those of the Assamese, and in beauty and refinement their females are superior to the women of Assam. They have a great horror for the gun, in regard to which they say : " It is a wicked thing, it shouts out, but does not move from its place, and an infant comes out of its belly, and kills human beings."