[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871) › c11.15 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c11.15 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c11.15 - **Language:** English ### [c11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.15) These independent values of the \*yojana\* and \*li\* mutually corroborate each other; for as Hwen Thsang states that the \*yojana\* was traditionally said to be equal to 40 \*li\*, the value of the \*yojana\*, according to his recorded distances, was 40 divided by 5·925, or 6·75 miles, which is practically the same result as 6·71 miles, the value already deduced from Fa-Hian's distances between well-known places. - [Previous: c11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.14) - [Next: c11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.16) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.15) · Pramāṇa