釋迦方志 2.40

2.40

The kingdom of Samataṭa (Eastern India) is over 3,000 li in circuit. It is close to the sea and low and damp. The capital is over 20 li in circuit. There are over thirty monasteries with over 2,000 monks, who belong to the Sthaviranikāya. There are over a hundred deva temples, and the tīrthikas and nirgranthas are very flourishing. By the side of the city is an Aśoka stupa, where the Buddha once preached the Dharma for seven days. Beside it are the traces of the walking and sitting of the four buddhas. In a nearby monastery is a blue jade statue eight feet high, complete in marks and supremely majestic. To the northeast from here, amid mountain valleys on the shore of the great sea, lies the kingdom of Śrīkṣetra. Next, on the southeast corner of the sea, is the kingdom of Kāmalaṅkā. Next to the east is the kingdom of Dvāravatī. Next to the east is the kingdom of Īśānapura. Next to the east is the kingdom of Mahācampā, that is, Linyi. Next to the southwest is the kingdom of Yamunadvīpa. The roads to these six kingdoms are blocked and impassable. Further travelling west 900 li from the kingdom of Samataṭa, one reaches [the following kingdom].