釋迦方志 1.63

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the country of Ṭakka (in North India), over ten thousand li in circumference. To the east it rests on the Vipāśā River, and to the west it borders the Indus River. The capital city is over twenty li in circumference. The populace seldom believes in the Buddha, mostly serving heavenly deities. There are more than ten monasteries and several hundred deva temples. Fifteen li southwest of the city is the old city of Śākala, where a monastery stupa is more than two hundred feet high, formerly where the four buddhas preached the Dharma and walked. Further northwest by about six li, a stupa is more than two hundred feet high, also where the four buddhas preached the Dharma. More than ten li northeast of the new capital city is a stone stupa more than two hundred feet high, with many relics that emit light on fast days. Traveling east for more than five hundred li, one reaches