大唐西域記 6.25

6.25

劫比羅伐窣堵國，周四千餘里。空城十數，荒蕪已甚。王城頹圮，周量不詳。其內宮城周十四五里，壘甎而成，基跡峻固。空荒久遠，人里稀曠。無大君長，城各立主。土地良沃，稼穡時播。氣序無愆，風俗和暢。伽藍故基千有餘所，而宮城之側有一伽藍，僧徒三千餘人，習學小乘正量部教。天祠兩所，異道雜居。

This country is about 4000 li in circuit. There are some ten desert cities in this country, wholly desolate and ruined. The capital is overthrown and in ruins. Its circuit cannot be accurately measured. The royal precincts within the city measure some 14 or 15 li round. They were all built of brick. The foundation walls are still strong and high. It has been long deserted. The peopled villages are few and waste. There is no supreme ruler; each of the towns appoints its own ruler. The ground is rich and fertile, and is cultivated according to the regular season. The climate is uniform, the manners of the people soft and obliging. There are 1000 or more ruined sanghārāmas remaining; by the side of the royal precincts there is still a sanghārāma with about 3000 (read 30) followers in it, who study the Little Vehicle of the Sammatīya school.

There are a couple of Deva temples, in which various sectaries worship (live). Within the royal precincts are some ruined foundation walls; these are the remains of the proper palace of Suddhodana-raja; above is built a vihāra in which is a statue of the king. Not far from this is a ruined foundation, which represents the sleeping palace of Mahamaya, the queen. Above this they have erected a vihara in which is a figure of the queen. By the side of this is a vihara; this is where Bodhisattva descended spiritually into the womb of his mother. There is a representation of this scene drawn in the vihara. The Mahasthavira school say that Bodhisattva was conceived on the 30th night of the month U-ta-lo-'an-sha-cha (Uttarashadha). This is the 15th day of the 5th month (with us). The other schools fix the event on the 23d day of the same month. This would be the 8th day of the 5th month (with us).