vochan

Updated: June 14, 2025

Vochan, Vocham or Vakhan, on the river Vash. Forst. This observation was made on the mountains of Savoy and Switzerland, not many years ago, by M. de Luc, and published as a new discovery.

Robert Kerr - A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 01 : Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

In all of these Hinduism and Mahayanist Buddhism are found mixed together, Hinduism being the stronger element. The earliest Sanskrit inscription in these regions is that of Vochan in Champa which is apparently Buddhist.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1