On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c22.s19.2

v2.c22.s19.2

From A-tien-p'o-chih-lo, he tells us, he went north above 700 *li* to the Pi-to-shih-lo country. This country, he relates, was 3000 odd *li* in circuit, its capital being above twenty *li*. It had no government of its own, and was subject to Sindh. The soil was rather brackish and there were fierce cold winds; much pulse and wheat were yielded and little fruit and flower; the people were violent, their language was not that of "Mid India", they were not fond of learning, but they were true Buddhists. There were above 50 Buddhist monasteries and more than 3000 Brethren all of the Hinayāna Sammatiya school. In an Asoka tope, in a forest about 15 *li* north from the capital, was a relic which emitted a bright light; the relic was one of the Buddha in his birth as a rishi when he was killed by the king of the country. Near this tope on the east side was an old monastery built by the great Arhat Mahākatyāyana, and near this was a tope to mark the place where the Four Past Buddhas had sat and walked for exercise.