大唐西域記 9.41

9.41

宮城西南隅有二小伽藍，諸國客僧往來此止，是佛昔日說法之所。次此西北有窣堵波，珠底色迦（唐言星曆。舊曰樹提伽，訛也）長者本生故里。

At this time the king of Vaisali hearing that Bimbisara-raja was dwelling alone in the "cold forest," raised an army and put it in movement to invade (make a foray) when nothing was ready (to resist him). The lords of the marches (frontiers), hearing of it, built a town, and as the king was the first to inhabit it, it was called "the royal city" (Rajagriha). Then the ministers and the people all flocked there with their families. It is also said that Ajatasatru-raja first founded this city, and the heir-apparent of Ajatasatru having come to the throne, he also appointed it to be the capital, and so it continued till the time of Asoka-raja, who changed the capital to Pataliputra, and gave the city of Rajagriha to the Brahmans, so that now in the city there are no common folk to be seen, but only Brahmans to the number of a thousand families. At the south-west angle of the royal precincts are two small sangharamas; the priests who come and go, and are strangers in the place, lodge here. Here also Buddha, when alive, delivered the law (preached). North-west from this is a stupa; this is the site of an old village where the householder Jyotishka (Ch'u-ti-se-kia) was born. Outside the south gate of the city, on the left of the road, is a stupa. Here Tathagata preached and converted Rahula (Lo-hu-lo). Going north from this 30 li or so, we come to Nalanda sangharama.