SANGLA HILL, Palasa Forest (Cave on the)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

In the year 630 AD the Chinese Buddhist travelling scholar and pilgrim Xuanzang (note 1) took hide from a gang of some 50 dacoits in a natural cave (note 2), which was situated at the foot of a certain Sangala Hill (note 3) on the southern shore of a dry pool in a palasa forest (note 4), which was passed on the way from Sakala (Shakala, identified with Sialkot, 32°30'N: 74°31'N) towards the valley of the Jhelum (32°04'N: 74°45'E). NOT SEEN: FOUCHER, A (1901, with map) is said to provide an interpretation of the route of Hsuan Tsang through Gandhara = parts of Punjab and Northern areas (GROUSSET, R 1929, 1932, 1957, 1971, 1977; German edition 1986: 87 note 1).In the year 630 AD the Chinese Buddhist travelling scholar and pilgrim Xuanzang (note 1) took hide from a gang of some 50 dacoits in a natural cave (note 2), which was situated at the foot of a certain Sangala Hill (note 3) on the southern shore of a dry pool in a palasa forest (note 4), which was passed on the way from Sakala (Shakala, identified with Sialkot, 32°30'N: 74°31'N) towards the valley of the Jhelum (32°04'N: 74°45'E). NOT SEEN: FOUCHER, A (1901, with map) is said to provide an interpretation of the route of Hsuan Tsang through Gandhara = parts of Punjab and Northern areas (GROUSSET, R 1929, 1932, 1957, 1971, 1977; German edition 1986: 87 note 1).