On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c6.s3.7

v1.c6.s3.7

The word translated in the above passage by “cloth” is tieh in the B text and chan or “felt” in the C and D texts. The latter in the sense of “woollen cloth” is probably here, as in other passages, the correct reading, and it was the reading in the text of the Record used by the compiler of the T‘ang-Shu”. It was the fine woollen fabrics of this district which were held in esteem by the surrounding countries.