The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.155

c5.s2.155

Bhushkhâra—Bokhara it was conquered by Lalitâditya, king of Kâsmîr, who ascended the throne in 697 A.D., and reigned for about 37 years (Râjataranginî, Bk. IV). The Khanat of Bokhara is bounded on the east by the Khanat of Khokand called Fergana by the ancients and also by the mountain of Badakshan, on the south by the Oxus, on the west and north by the Great Desert (Vambery's Travels in Central Asia). It was called Sogdiana.