On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c22.s20.2

v2.c22.s20.2

There is some doubt as to what was the pilgrim's transcription of the name of the country here described. The B and D texts give *A-fan-t'u* (阿 笩 荼), and C instead of *fan* has *pên* (奔), and in some texts we have *ch'a* instead of *t'u*. The Life has *Ho*(河)-*fan-t'u*, and the Fang-chih has *Fan-ch'a*, that is, *Fan-t'a*. Julien restores the name as Avaṇḍa, and we may provisionally accept this, or Avaṇṭa. Cunningham regards the pilgrim's country as corresponding to the region of Middle Sindh or Vichala, and its capital as the old city Brāhmaṇabad.¹ General Haig is inclined to think Avanda was "somewhere in the Khairpur territory".¹