History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c13.s3.20

c13.s3.20

(xix) Po-lo-na-se or Bārāṇasī : “There were above thirty Buddhist monasteries with more than 3,000 Brethren all adherents of the Saṃmatīya school. Of Deva-Temples there were above 100, and there were more than 10,000 professed adherents of the sects, the majority being devotees of Śiva; some of these cut off their hair; others made it into a top-knot; some went about naked and some besmeared themselves with ashes; they were persevering in austerities seeking release from mortal existence” (Watters, II, p. 47; Beal, II, pp. 44-45).