On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c7.s5.44

v1.c7.s5.44

This country which, a note to our text tells us, was called by the Chinese the "Middle An kingdom," is placed by the *T'ang-Shu* 100 *li* to the south-west of *Hoh-han*. It is the country which is called *Niu-mi* (紐密) in some books, and it is also called the *An* and the Great *An* kingdom. For the *Pu-hoh* of our text we find *Pu-huoh* (布豁) and these two probably represent an original like *Bōkh* or *Bokhar*.² M. Saint-Martin and Dʳ Bretschneider identify the country with the modern Bokhara,³ and they are doubtless right: but the *Bōkh* of our pilgrim was apparently to the north of the present city and district of Bokhara.