On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c7.s8.4

v1.c7.s8.4

The extent and boundaries of the country named Tokhara found in other works differ considerably from those given by our pilgrim.² It was supposed to correspond partly to the great Ta-Hsia of early Chinese records,³ and portions of the present Bokhara and Badakshan seem to have been once included under this name. Saint Martin and Yule⁴ are positive in asserting that Yuan-chuang's Tokhara was the country of the Yetha, but this is against Chinese authority. In the Wei-Shu and Sui-Shu, for example, we have distinct accounts of Tokhara and of the Yetha, and the people of the former are referred to the Small Yue-ti, while the Yetha are said to have been of the original Yue-ti stock. The Yetha and Tokharians lived together; but the former were nomads, while the latter were dwellers in towns.