On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c22.s10.3

v2.c22.s10.3

“from this (that is Surat) going north-east 1800 *li*”. In several editions of the Life the word *this* has been left out, but it is in the D text. Then the Fang-chih agrees with the Records in making Ku-che-lo to be 1800 *li* to the north of Valabhi. Julien restores the Sanskrit name of the country as “Gurjjara”, but the pilgrim probably transcribed a name like Guchala or Guchara. The name here given to the capital probably stands for a word like Bhilmala, and according to Saint-Martin the name is preserved in the modern Balmair (or Barmer or Balmer). This city, Cunningham tells us, is “exactly 300 miles to the north of the ruins of Balabhi”.¹