大唐西域記 4.9

4.9

奢羯羅故城中有一伽藍，僧徒百餘人，並學小乘法。世親菩薩昔於此中製《勝義諦論》。其側窣堵波，高二百餘尺，過去四佛於此說法。又有四佛經行遺迹之所。伽藍西北五六里，有窣堵波，高二百餘尺，無憂王之所建也，是過去四佛說法之處。

The king said, "You believe in the law of Buddha and greatly reverence the mysterious law of merit. Your aim is to arrive at the condition of Buddha, and then you will declare fully, under the form of Jātakas, my evil deeds." deeds, for the good of future generations. Now go back to your estates, and say no more on the subject." Then he slew three ten myriads of people of the first rank by the side of the Sin-tu river; the same number of the middle rank he drowned in the river, and the same number of the third rank he divided among his soldiers (as slaves). Then he took the wealth of the country he had destroyed, assembled his troops, and returned. But before the year was out he died. At the time of his death there was thunder and hail and a thick darkness; the earth shook and a mighty tempest raged. Then the holy saints said in pity, "For having killed countless victims and overthrown the law of Buddha, he has now fallen into the lowest hell, where he shall pass endless ages of revolution." In the old town of Śâkala (She-ki-lo) is a sanghârâma with about 100 priests, who study the Little Vehicle. In old days Vasubandhu (Shi-t'sin) Bodhisattva composed in this place the treatise called Shing-i-tai (Paramârthasatya Śâstra). By the side of the convent is a stûpa about 200 feet high; on this spot the four former Buddhas preached the law, and here again are the traces of their walking to and fro (king-king).

To the north-west of the sanghârâma 5 or 6 li is a stûpa about 200 feet high built by Aśôka-râja. Here also the four past Buddhas preached. About 10 li to the north-east of the new capital we come to a stûpa of stone about 200 feet in height, built by Aśôka. This is where Tathâgata, when he was going northward on his work of conversion, stopped in the middle of the road. In the records of India (In-tu-ki) it is said, "In this stupa are many relics; on holidays they emit a bright light." From this going east 500 li or so, we come to Chi-na-po-ti (Chinapati) country.