1847.] Hiuan Thsang 's Itinerary : 1203 



moyenne. Ou dit que ce pays touche, a l'ouest, 

 a Khi kiang na dans les montagnes. 



Falanou. — Analogy would point to Bar an, Bolan. Perhaps Daman ; 

 for there is no saying what may be the reading given to Shukustuli nay 

 Nustalikh writing without points, on the absence of any sense to guide 

 to the proper word. It must be some place dependent on Kabul, and 

 touching Khi kiang na, which perhaps is Guznee, Guzneen. Daman 

 will fulfill both these conditions, but the identification is not happy. 



De la au nord-ouest on passe de grandes mon- 

 tagnes et de larges courants, on traverse de 

 petites villes, et apres 2000 li on sort des limites 

 de l'lnde, et on arrive a 



118. Thsao kiu tho, (7000 li de tour). Langue *j*j^ 

 et caracteres particuliers. Stoupas batis par 



Asoka. Temple du Dieu Tsou na, venu du mont 

 A lou nao, pres de Kia pi che. 



Thsao kiu tho. — Already given as Lhogurd. 

 De la au nord a 500 li, 



119. Foe li chi sa tang na (2000 li de Test a uJ&»»^ 

 l'ouest 1000 li du sudau nord). La capitale s'ap- 



pelle Hou phi na. Le roi est de race Thou kioue'i ^l;l£. 



(turque). II est attache aux trois Precieux. 



Foe li chi sa tang na. — Baloochistan, the capital Hou phina, 

 Kharan. To the north-east, over rivers and mountains, skirting the 

 boundaries of Kabul, would reach the range of Ghorestan, which is 

 the name for the Koh Baba summit, whence issues the Helmund 

 according to all Moslem Geographical works ; now Koh baba is the 

 highest point of the chain. 



De la au nord est, passant les montagnes, fran- 

 chissant les rivieres et sortant des limites de Kia 

 pi che, apres dix petites villes, on atteint les 

 grandes montagnes de Neige et la chaine Pho lo 

 si na. C'est le plus grand pic du Djambou dwipa. 

 Pendant 3 jours on descend et on arrive a 



