The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c30.80

c30.80

The pilgrim did not come home empty-handed. Notwithstanding losses on more than one occasion, due to accident or robbery, he succeeded in bringing safely a hundred and fifty particles of Buddha's bodily relics; sundry images of the Teacher in gold, silver, and sandal-wood; and no less than 657 distinct volumes of manuscripts, carried upon twenty horses. The rest of his life was mainly devoted to the work of translation, and he had completed the Chinese versions of seventy-four separate works when he brought his literary labours to a close in the year A. D. 661. He lived in peace and honour for three years longer, and then calmly passed away, leaving behind him a reputation for learning and piety surpassing that of any other Buddhist doctor.