[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) › c11.19 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c11.19 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c11.19 - **Language:** English ### [c11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.19) The variations in the length of the Indian \*kos\* must have puzzled the Chinese pilgrims. It is on this account perhaps that Fa-Hian uses the greater measure of the \*yojana\*, while Hwen Thsang records all distances in his native \*li\*. At the present day the length of the \*kos\* varies in almost every district; but practically there are only three absolutely distinct values of the \*kos\* now in use in Northern India. - [Previous: c11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.18) - [Next: c11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.20) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c11.19) · Pramāṇa