The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t32.12
The Ancient Geography of India. I. The Buddhist Period, including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang c6.s3.t32.12
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Hwen Thsang has omitted to mention the distance of this eastern mountain from that of Gayâ, or Brahm-juïn, which is about 4 miles, or 24 *li*. The account of the earlier pilgrim, Fa-Hian, is of no assistance in this place, as he makes the distance from Kia-ye, or Gayâ, to the neighbourhood of the Bodhi-tree only 20 *li*, or 3⅓ miles, the actual distance being upwards of 5 miles, or more than 30 *li*.