The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t4.6
The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t4.6
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According to Hwen Thsang the capital of the kingdom of *Po-li-ye-to-lo*, which M. Renaud has identified with *Páryátra* or *Bairát*, was situated at 500 *li*, or 83 2/3 miles, to the west of Mathura, and about 800 *li*, 133 1/3 miles, to the south-west of the kingdom of *She-to-tu-lo*,* that is, of *Satadru*, or the Satlej. The bearing and distance from Mathura point unequivocally to Bairât, the ancient capital of *Matsya* as the city of Hwen Thsang’s narrative, although it is upwards of 100 miles further to the south of Kullu than is recorded by the pilgrim. But I have already given an explanation of this discrepancy in my account of the intermediate position of Satadru in Northern India.