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 10 - Country of K’ie-po-ta-na (Kebud)
The country of K'ie-po-ta-na[1] is about 1400 or 1500 li in circuit. It is broad from east to west, and narrow from north to south. It is like Sa-mo-kien in point of customs and products. Going about 300 li to the west (of Samarkand), we arrive at K'iuh-shwang-ni-kia.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
This district of Kebūd-Meheket, Kebūd, or Keshbūd, is named by the Arabian geographers (vid. V. de St. Martin, Mémoire Analytique, p. 281), but its situation is not given. M. V. de St. Martin places it in a north-westerly direction from Samarkand (vid. Jul. note in loco), but his calculation is founded on a misconception. Hiuen Tsiang does not reckon from this place to K'iuh-shwang-ni-kia, but from Samarkand. This is plain from the use of the word hing, and also from Hwui-lih (p. 6o).—Ouseley, Orient. Geog., p. 279; Baber's Memoirs, p. 85.