1196 Hiuan Thsang's Itinerary* [Dec. 



followed. Maha fana is a direct transcription of Maha vana, grande- 

 foret, while I am almost tempted to read Louyi ta kia as Lai tukeyuh ? 

 Thalilo may have relation to Darduh, Durbund, and Dhar on the In- 

 dus. It may be borne in mind, that the Dorranee kings had but little 

 influence in these parts. That the remnant of the ancient population, 

 probably Hindus, asserted not to be Moslem in the present day, now 

 exist in the Siyuh Posh Kafirs, — that in the days of Akbar constant 

 invasions of these parts were carried on ; that Babur boasts of his 

 forays on the lands of these semi-Hindus ; while in the days of Timoor 

 and previously it was considered a work of religious merit to extermi- 

 nate these Kafirs — then as now, almost unknown. 

 De la a Test, passant les montagnes a 500 li ou 

 vient a 



40. Po lou lo entre les montagnes de Neige. }yk 

 Poloulo — Beloor. — The district of the high range known by this 



name ; placed by the Ayeen Akbaree tables close to Cashmeer. 

 Outokia — Utok, the river made one mile wide ! 



Retour a Ou to kia han tchha (voyez No. 38). 

 Passant au midi le Sind, qui est large de 3 or 4 li 

 and coule au sud-ouest, ou vient a 



41. Tan tcha chi lo (limite de Tlnde du nord) Jj¥* 

 dependant du Cachemire. Au nord-ouest de la 



capitale a 70 li, etang du dragon. Yi lo po tan lo. 



De la, sud-est 30 li, monastere bati par Asoka 

 (aumone de la tete). Pays du roi Tchen tha lo J^ x ^- 



po la pho (lumiere de la lune). Sejour du maitre 

 King pou Jceou ma lo loto. Au sud-est de la ville, 

 stoupa bati par le fils d' Asoka, Keou lang nou. 



Tan tcha chi lo.* Punch — Punjal; one of the celebrated passes 

 into Cashmeer. These various Khonds or tanks can only be identified on 



the spot, being local myths. " Pays du roi Chundur -." Something 



connected with lumiere. The history of Cashmeer is interwoven with 

 stories of these wonderful dragons. 



De ce pays, au sud-est a 700 li a travers les montagnes, 



* This is no doubt the Takshasih'i of the Vdyu Purdna, mentioned in a note to Wilson's 

 valuable translation of the Vishnu Purana, page 386, and identical with the Taxila of 

 the historians of Alexander. It is evidently the same place which Fa liian names Tchu 

 cha chi lo, and could not be far from the site of Manikyala. — Eds. 



