Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s4.17

c8.s4.17

A man who had travelled in those countries gave me the following report: "When in Tanwat (Tirabhukti, Tirhut), he left the easterly direction and turned to the left. He marched to Naipāl, a distance of 20 farsakh, most of which was ascending country. From Naipāl he came to Bhoteshar (Bhoṭeśvara, Bhutan) in thirty days, a distance of nearly 80 farsakh, in which there is more ascending than descending country...