The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.161.3

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He has gathered troops from the five Indies, and summoned the best leaders from all countries, and himself gone at the head of his army to punish and subdue these people, but he has not yet conquered their troops. So much for their habits. The men are fond of learning, and study both heretical and orthodox (books). There are about 100 sanghârâmas, with 5000 or so priests. They practise both the Great and Small Vehicle.¹ There are about 100 Déva temples, in which very many heretics of different persuasions dwell. Within and without the capital are five stûpas to mark the spots where the four past Buddhas walked and sat. They were built by Asôka-râja. There are, besides these, other stûpas made of brick or stone, so many that it would be difficult to name them all. Not far to the south of the city is a sanghârâma in which is a stone image of Kwan-tsz'-tsai Bôdhisattva. Its spiritual powers extend (far and wide), so that many of those who have secretly prayed to it have obtained their wishes. On the eastern frontier of the country is a great mountain with towering crags and a continuous stretch of piled-up rocks and scarped precipice. In this there is a sanghârâma constructed, in a dark valley. Its lofty halls and deep side-aisles stretch through the (or open into the) face of the rocks.