The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t32.1
The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t32.1
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c6.s3.t32.1
On leaving *Pátaliputra* the Chinese pilgrim started from the south-west corner of the city, and proceeded for 100 *li*, or 16⅔ miles, to the south-west to the monastery of *Ti-lo-shi-kia* or *Ti-lo-tse-kia*, from whence he continued his route in the same direction for 90 *li*, or 15 miles, to a lofty mountain from the summit of which Buddha had contemplated the kingdom of Magadha.[*] He then turned to the north-west for 30 *li*, or 5 miles, to visit a very large monastery on the slope of a hill, where *Gunamati* had worsted a heretic in argument. Then resuming his south-west route for 20 *li*, or 3⅓ miles, he visited an isolated hill, and the monastery of *Silabhadra*, and continuing in the same direction for 40 or 50 *li*, 7 or 8 miles, he crossed the river *Ni-lien-shen*, or *Nairanjan*, and entered the town of *Kia-ye*, or *Gaya*.[†]