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ladders to be climbed above precipices and its 'bridge of ropes', agrees closely with what modern
accounts we possess of the very difficult tracks leading down the deep rocky defiles, never yet
visited by any European, through which the Indus has cut its way from below Tangīr. That
Fa-hsien's description refers to this, the most direct route connecting Darēl with the central portion
of Swāt and its old capital, marked by the present Manglaor, is placed beyond all doubt by its exact
agreement with what Hsüan-tsang tells us of the journey that he took in the reverse direction
from the latter place up the Indus to the valley of Ta-li-lo and its great shrine of Maitreya. To
this we shall recur presently. Of Fa-hsien's notice of T'o-li there still remains to be mentioned
the interesting statement that, according to the tradition of the local people 'handed down by
their fathers from of old', the propagation of Buddhist doctrine eastwards began from the setting
up of that sacred image of Maitreya 'rather more than three hundred years after the Nirvāṇa
of Buddha'.
The correct identification of Fa-hsien's T'o-li 陀歷 with Darēl was first made by General Hsüan-
Cunningham,⁴ and it soon found complete confirmation when Hsüan-tsang's account of the same tsang's
territory became accessible.⁵ 'North-east of Mêng-chieh-li', so the Hsi-yü-chi tells us,⁶ 'over account
hills and across gulleys ascending the Indus by hazardous paths through gloomy gorges, crossing of Ta-li-lo.
bridges of ropes or iron chains, across bridges spanning precipices or climbing by means of pegs
for steps, a journey of above 1,000 li brings you to the Ta-li-lo valley, the old seat of the government
of Udyāna. The district yields much gold and saffron. In the valley is a great monastery by
the side of which is a carved wooden image of Tzŭ-shih P'u-sa (Maitreya Bodhisattva) of a brilliant
golden hue and of miraculous powers; it is above 100 feet high; it was the work of the Arhat
Madhyāntika who by his supernatural power thrice bore the artist to the Tushita Heaven to
study Maitreya's beautiful characteristics; the spread of Buddhism eastwards dates from the
existence of this image.'⁷ That Ta-li-lo 達麗羅 is as exact a transcription of Darēl or an
earlier form of the name as Chinese phonetics would permit of, does not require any special
demonstration. The close agreement of what both pilgrims tell us of the miraculous image of
Maitreya there worshipped leaves no possible room for doubt as to their referring to the same
territory, and its location in the present Darēl is conclusively proved on topographical grounds
by the details that both narratives record as to the bearing, distance, and character of the route
connecting it with Udyāna or Swāt.⁸
The brief mention which the T'ang Annals make of Ta-li-lo as situated to the north-east Chinese
of Mêng-chieh-li and as forming 'the ancient territory of Udyāna',⁸ᵃ is probably derived from data about
Darēl.
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