Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang)
by Samuel Beal | 1884 | 224,928 words | ISBN-10: 8120811070
This is the English translation of the travel records of Xuanzang (or, Hiuen Tsiang): a Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled to India during the seventh century. This book recounts his documents his visit to India and neighboring countries, and reflects the condition of those countries during his time, including temples, culture, traditions and fest...
Chapter 9 - Country of Mi-mo-ho (Maghian)
The country Mi-mo-ho[1] is about 400 or 500 li in circuit. It lies in the midst of a valley. From east to west it is narrow, and broad from north to south. It is like Sa-mo-kien in point of the customs of the people and products. From this going north, we arrive at the country K'ie-po-ta-na.[2]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Here we observe again that Hiuen Tsiang did not visit Mi-mo-ho, but simply gives a report of it. This place probably corresponds with the district of Maghiān (lat. 39°16' N., long. 67°42' E.), 50 miles south-east of Samarkand.—Meyendorf, Voyage a Boukhara, pp. 161, 493; Jour. Roy. Geog. Soc., vol. xl. pp. 449-451, 460, 461; and vol. xliii. pp. 263 ff., with Fedchenko's map of the district.
[2]:
The country of people in numbers.—Ch. Ed.