[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.s3.t3.5 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s3.t3.5 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c5.s3.t3.5 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s3.t3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t3.5) To the north-east of Kullu Hwen Thsang places the district of \*Lo-hu-lo\*, which is clearly the \*Lho-yal\* of the Tibetans, and the \*Láhul\* of the people of Kullu and other neighbouring states. Still further to the north he places the district of \*Mo-lo-so\*, which, from his position, must certainly be Ladâk. I would, therefore, alter the Chinese name to \*Mo-lo-po\*, which is an exact transcript of \*Mar-po\*, the actual name of the province of Ladâk, as \*Mar-po-yul\*, or the “Red district,” in allusion to the general appearance of its soil and mountains. The Chinese syllables \*so\* and \*po\* are so much alike that they are frequently interchanged, as in the well-known name of Salatura, the birth-place of Pânini, which is given in the original Chinese of Hwen Thsang’s travels as \*Po-lo-tu-lo\*, or \*Palatura\*. - [Previous: c5.s3.t3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t3.4) - [Next: c5.s3.t3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t3.6) - [Up: c5.s3.t3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c5.s3.t3.5) · Pramāṇa