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the country of Campā (in Central India), over four thousand li in circumference. The capital borders the Gaṅgā River to the north and is more than forty li in circumference. There are several tens of monasteries with over two hundred monks, who study Hīnayāna. There are more than twenty deva temples where various tīrthikas dwell together. The city is built of brick walls several tens of feet high, with lofty and steep battlements. At the beginning of the kalpa, when human beings first appeared, they dwelt in the wild and nested in caves. Later, a heavenly maiden descended among humans, wandered along the Gaṅgā River, and washed in its current to admire her beauty; moved by spiritual resonance, she became pregnant and gave birth to four sons, who partitioned Jambudvīpa, dividing its territories and establishing cities. This city was the capital of one of the sons, who was the very first ruler of Jambudvīpa. The land is warm and suitable for elephants. One hundred and fifty li east of the city, south of the Gaṅgā River, water encircles an isolated islet; on the cliff in its midst is a deva temple of great spiritual power. Herds of wild elephants roam along the borders of the country. Going east again for more than four hundred li, one arrives at