On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c26.s3.4

v2.c26.s3.4

His next important halting-place was Andarāb (An-ta-lo-fo (or -po)); whence he advanced through Khost (K'woh-si-to) to Kunduz (Huo or Hwoh), which he had visited fourteen years before. There he halted for a month (August), and then, instead of taking the northern or Samarkand road by which he had come, he plunged into the mountains, travelling in a direction easterly on the whole. In Badakshān (Po-to-ch'ang-na) he was detained for a month and seven days waiting for the opening of the passes. Proceeding along difficult and devious paths, he traversed Yamgān (Yin-po-kien or In-po-kin), Kurān (Ku-lang-na), Wakhan (Ta-mo-si-ti-ti, Huo-mi, or Hu-mi), the capital of which was Kandūt (Hun-t'ê-to or Hu-en-t'o-to), and so reached Lake Victoria or Sarikul.¹