[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) › 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 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t4.6 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.t4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t4.6) 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. - [Previous: c6.s3.t4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t4.5) - [Next: c6.s3.t4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t4.7) - [Up: c6.s3.t4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t4) ## Cites (1) - [Virāta](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.virata) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t4.6) · Pramāṇa