The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c30.85
The Early History of India, from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan Conquest, including the Invasion of Alexander the Great c30.85
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c30.85
Wang-hiuen-tse once more visited the scene of his adventures, being sent by imperial order in A. D. 657 to offer robes at the Buddhist holy places. He entered India through Nepāl, by the Lhāsā road, which was then open and used by many Buddhist pilgrims; and, after paying his respects at Vaisālī, Bōdh-Gayā, and other sacred spots, returned home through Kapisa, or Northern Afghanistan, by the Hindū Kush and Pāmīr route.¹