Cosmography and Geography in Early Indian Literature c8.s4.36

c8.s4.36

Kashmir lies on a plateau surrounded by high inaccessible mountains. The south and east of the country belong to the Hindus, the west to various kings, the Bolar-Shāh and the Shugnān-Shāh, and the more remote parts up to the frontiers of Badhakhshān, to the Wakhān-Shāh. The north and part of the east of the country belong to the Turks of Khotan and Tibet. The distance from the peak of Bhoteshar to Kashmir through Tibet amounts to nearly 300 farsakh...