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Citation Information
FROM CHIEH-CH` A TO NORTH INDIA. CONCLUSION.
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6. CONCLUSION.
As the principal result of our examination we get the following itinerary of ie» , :
I. From Yü-t`ien (Khotan) to Tzü-ho (Kök-yar) = 240 km. —25 days —9,6 km. daily
» Tzü-ho (Kök-yar) to Ts ung-ling (Chiragh-saldi-davan)
=no km. —4 » —27,5 » »
farther to Yü-mo (Bazar-dara) = 4o »
» Yü-mo (Bazar-dara) to Chieh-ch`a (Gujadbai?)
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There are many resemblances between FA-HIEN'S description of the Onion mountains, and HSüAN-CHUANG'S description of the Pamirs, the valley of Po-mi-lo.2 Fa-hien says: »The snow rests on them both winter and summer», Hsüan-chuang : »The snow falls both in summer and spring-time». Fa-hien speaks of »poisonous winds», Hsüan-chuang tells us that »the winds blow constantly .... Night and day the wind rages violently». Fa-hien has observed the »storms of sand and gravel», Hsüan-chuang finds the soil »covered with quantities of gravel and sand». Fa-hien states that »the people of the country call the range (Ts ung-ling) by the name of the Snow mountains», whereas Hsüan-chuang remarks the Po-mi-lo (Pamir) »is situated among the snowy mountains». Fa-hien has heard wonderful stories of »venomous dragons, which, when provoked» do all sorts of harm. Hsüan-chuang notes that »in the middle of the Pamir valley is a great dragon lake», where dragons and wild animals hide. Fa-hien takes us »across and through the range of the Onion mountains (Ts`ung-ling)», and Hsüan-chuang says of the dragon lake: »It is situated in the midst of the great T sung-ling mountains.»
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| = 200 » | —25 | » | — 8 | » | » |
| | » | Chieh-ch`a (Gujadbai) to T`o-li (Darei) = 300? » | —3o | » | —IO | » | » |
| | » | To-li (Darei) to Wu-chuang (Udyåna) = i 5o ? » | —15 | » | — I o | » | » |
Cf. also Pl. I: The Ts` ung-ling during the Northern Dynasties, 5th & 6th centuries A. D.
2 SAMUEL BEAL, Si-yu-ki: Buddhist Records of the Western World, Vol. II, London 1906, p. 276.
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