佛祖統紀 44.37

44.37

The commentary states: Many Sanskrit monks have arrived from the Western regions in an unbroken stream, but as for the monks of the Five Indias vying to gather at the imperial court, none was as magnificent as this time. How could it not be that the flourishing of the fortunes of the Dharma was also evoked by the Emperor's virtue? Checking the names of the kingdoms of the Five Indias against the Records of the Western Regions, only the Lion Kingdom can be identified; the rest cannot be verified. This is because events change across ancient and modern times, just as what was previously Han and Tang is now Song; in reality, they belong to the same realm.