釋迦方志 2.62

2.62

the kingdom of Valabhī (South India, which is an offshoot of Northern Lāṭa), more than six thousand li in circuit. The capital is more than thirty li in circuit, with a very dense population. Families possessing one hundred koṭis in wealth number in the hundreds. There are over one hundred monasteries and more than six thousand monks, mostly of the Hīnayāna Saṃmatīyanikāya. There are several hundred deva temples, and tīrthikas are also numerous. The Buddha repeatedly travelled to this country, and King Aśoka erected many stūpas; there are traces where the three buddhas walked and sat. Further, going more than seven hundred li northwest, one reaches