[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937) › c13.s3.20 # History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c13.s3.20 History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c13.s3.20 - **Language:** English ### [c13.s3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.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). - [Previous: c13.s3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c13.s3.19) - [Next: c13.s3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c13.s3.21) - [Up: c13.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c13.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c13.s3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c13.s3.20) · Pramāṇa