[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.t5.1 # The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t5.1 The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t5.1 - **Language:** English ### [c6.s3.t5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t5.1) On leaving Thânesar, Hwen Thsang at first proceeded to the south for about 100 \*li\*, or 16⅔ miles, to the \*Kiu-hoen-cha\*, or \*Gokanṭha\* monastery, which has not yet been identified, but it is probably \*Gunâna\*, between Vyasthali and Nisang, 17 miles to the south-south-west of Thânesar. I am obliged to notice this monastery as it is the starting-point from which Hwen Thsang measures his next journey of 400 \*li\*, or 66⅔ miles, to \*Su-lu-kin-na\* or Srughna, which makes the distance between Thânesar and Srughna just 50 miles.\* Now Sugh, the place which I propose to identify with the capital of Srughna, is only 38 or 40 miles from Thânesar; but as it agrees exactly in name, and corresponds generally in other particulars, I am quite satisfied that Hwen Thsang’s recorded distance must be erroneous, although I am unable to suggest any probable rectification of his figures. The true distance is about 300 \*li\*, or 50 miles, from the Gokanṭha monastery. - [Previous: c6.s3.t4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t4.22) - [Next: c6.s3.t5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t5.2) - [Up: c6.s3.t5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.cunningham-1871.c6.s3.t5.1) · Pramāṇa