The Dynastic History of Northern India (Early Mediaeval Period) v1.c12.22.5

v1.c12.22.5

Rawalpindi district) it touched the boundaries of the kingdom of Kashmir, which under the vigorous rule of the Kārkoṭa Durlabhavardhana (*c.* 631-33 A.D.) had extended its power up to the Salt Range (Sāng-ho-po-lo = Simhapura). In the south, the Kia-pi-shi kingdom included Fa-la-na (Varana = banks of river Gomal and Bannu district). It is also likely that it included Tsu-ku-cha (Tsaukūṭa? = Arachosia)¹ with its capital at Ho-si-na (Ghazna), for we find the king of Kia-pi-shi apparently accompanying Yuan Chwang on his homeward journey from the town of U-to-kia-han-ch'a (Uṭakhāṇḍa = Und), *via* Lan-po, Fa-la-na, O-po-kin, Tsau-ku-cha, Fo-li-shi to the frontiers of Kāpiśa.²