The description, it should be noted, is of Kamarupa proper and not of the extensive dominions of Bhaskar Varman towards the west.
On account of the mention of the sea some scholars identify shih-li-cha-ta-lo with Srikshetra but this is evidently incorrect as Srikshetra is not to the north-east of Samatata and is not girt by hills on both sides like the Sylhet plain.