14 Verification of the Itinerary of Hwan Thsang [July, - 



been made by myself. My remarks are separated from the text by 

 brackets. 



No. 5 — Che-shi or Shi, situated on the river Ye. (Tdshkand or 

 Shdsh, on the Sihun or Jaxartes — Landresse.) 



Thence at 1000 li (166 miles) to the S. E. 



No. 6 — Pu-kan, to the East of the river Ye. (Khwdkand, AwfrjjL 

 or Kokdn.) 



Thence at 1000 li (166 miles) to the W. 



No. 7 — Su-tu-li-se-na, to the eastward of the river Ye. (Satrustah, 

 &x*a)jXArt t of Ibn Haukal. Landresse gives Osrushna, Sx&j^f, which is 

 the reading of Abulfeda, of Naser-ud-din Tusi, and of Ulugh Beg.) To 

 the north-west is the great sandy desert. (This is of course the sandy 

 waste now called Kizil-Kum.) 



Thence at 500 li (83 miles.) 



No. 8 — So-mo-kian, Khang-kiu or Khang — {Samarkand — Lan- 

 dresse.) 



No. 9 — Mi-mo-ho, (Maimorgh, — Landresse. This place is perhaps 

 the Indikomordana of Ptolemy.) 



Thence to the N. 



No. 10 — Kiei-pu-tan-na or Tsao. (Probably Kohistan, the Kilah 

 Kaukdn, ir>!&^, of Ibn Haukal, one day's journey beyond Derbend, on 

 the road from Chagdnidn. It seems to answer to the position of the 

 rock of Chorienes.) 



Thence at 300 li (50 miles) to the W. 



No. 11 KlU-SHWANG-NI-KIA Or KlJEI-SHWANG-NO. (Kesk OV 



Shehr-i-Sabz. This town no doubt took its name from the Kuei-shang 

 tribe of Yu-chi, as noticed by me some years ago in an article on the 

 monograms found upon the Ariano-Grecian coins, which was published 

 in the 8th volume of the Numismatic Chronicle of London.) 



Thence at 200 li (33 miles) to the W. 



No. 12 — Ko-han, Tung-an — (Perhaps Karshi, or some place to the 

 northward of it.) 



Thence at 400 li (66 miles) to the W. 



No. 13 — Pu-ho, Chung-an. (Bokhara — Landresse.) 



Thence at 400 li (66 miles) to the W. 



No. 14 — Fa-ti, Si-an. (This I believe to be an old name for the 

 ferry of Char-jui on the Oxus.) 



