On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c7.s8.11

v1.c7.s8.11

For a long time the name Tokhara seems to have practically gone out of use, and the country which once bore the name is now to some degree represented by Badakshan.¹ Even in our pilgrim's time it was properly not the name of a country but of a great tribe or people occupying a certain large territory.