[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) › c5.s2.t6.1 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s2.t6.1 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s2.t6.1 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s2.t6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t6.1) The district of \*Puan-nu-tso\*, or \*Punacha\*, is placed by Hwen Thsang at 700 \*li\*, or 117 miles, to the south-west of Kashmir.\* It is called Punats by the Kashmiris, who have adopted a soft pronunciation of the \*ch\*, as in \*Pir Pantsal\* for \*Panchâl\* of the Panjâbis. Moorcroft† spells the name \*Prunch\*, or \*Pruntz\*, according to the Kashmiris. General Court also has \*Prunch\*; but it is called Punje by Wilford's surveyor, Mirza Mogal Beg, and \*Punch\* by Vigne, both of whom actually visited the place. Its distance from Kashmir, as measured on the map \*viâ\* Barâhmula and Uri is 75 miles, which is equal to about 100 miles of actual road distance.‡ - [Previous: c5.s2.t5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t5.7) - [Next: c5.s2.t6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t6.2) - [Up: c5.s2.t6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s2.t6.1) · Pramāṇa