The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t34.15

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I have already quoted Fa-Hian’s statement that the “five hills form a girdle like the walls of a town.” This agrees with Hwen Thsang’s description, who says that “high mountains surround it on four sides, and form its exterior walls, which have a circuit of 150 *li* or 25 miles.” For this number I propose to read 50 *li* or 8⅓ miles, a correction which is absolutely necessary to make the statement tally with the measurements of my survey. The following are the direct distances between the hills:—