On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c26.s3.2

v2.c26.s3.2

Yuan-chwang, after leaving Ghaznī (Ho-si-na), the capital of the Tsao-kut'a (Tsau-ku-cha or Jāguḍa) country, travelled in a northerly direction for a distance estimated as 500 li, or ten easy stages, and so arrived in the Kabul territory, which he calls Fu-li-shih-sa-t'ang-na. The capital was Hu-pi-na (U-pi-na), almost certainly identical with Hupiān or Opiān, situated to the north of Chārikar, in N. lat. 35° 2', E. long. 69° 1'. The city of Kābul, which is 85 miles distant from Ghaznī, is never mentioned by the pilgrim, and perhaps was not important in his time.