On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c7.s5.54

v1.c7.s5.54

M. Saint Martin substitutes *north-west* for the *south-west* of this passage, and he is doubtless right.³ All the texts, however, have *south-west* and the *Life* has *west*, but the T‘ang-Shu places this country 600 *li* to the north-west of *Su-ti* (Fa-ti). In the B, C, and D texts there is a Chinese note to the text which contains only the words for “in Chinese,” but A supplies the name which had dropped out. This is *Huo-sin*(火尋)-kuo, this kingdom of *Huo-sin* (or *sün*), one of the princes of the Shao-wu family. The country here called *Huo-li-si-mi-ka* or Khorismika(?) has been identified with the modern Khanate of Khiva corresponding to the Kharesm or Khorazm of ancient authors.⁴ In the T‘ang-Shu *Huo-li-si-mi* and *Kuo-li* (過利) are given as synonyms for *Huo-sin*, and the country is described as being south of the Oxus and as having bullock-waggons which were used by travelling merchants.¹ In some of the lists of the Shao-wu princes the name Huo-sin does not occur.