On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c22.s19.3

v2.c22.s19.3

The Life represents the pilgrim as going from Lankal to this country. Julien restores the name as Pitaśilā, and Cunningham, who turns this into Paṭaśila, identifies the capital with "Haidarābād or Nirankot".⁴ General Haig dissents from this and suggests Nagar Pārkar, the Thar and Parkar district of West India, as the country called by the pilgrim Pi-to-shih-lo.⁵ May not these characters be the transcription of a name like Bida (or Bhida-)śira meaning "cleft-head"? The name may have had reference to the Jātaka of which the pilgrim makes mention, and here, as on other occasions, he may have used a Buddhist designation unknown to ordinary Indian literature.