Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s3.t9.3

v1.c7.s3.t9.3

According to historical records, in the Taikang third year of the Western Jin Dynasty (282 CE), an eminent monk, Huida, looked for the dagoba at the foot of Mount Mao and then built a cottage room there to live and protect the dagoba. This is the original location of Asoka Temple. The temple was originally built on the Yuanjia, second year of the Southern Dynasties (425 CE) and expanded twice in the Yuanjia 12^th^ year (435 CE), thus laying the solid foundation for the development of the Temple. In the Putong third year of the Liang Dynasty (522 CE), the emperor bestowed a horizontal inscribed board with the words, Asoka Temple on it and then the name of the temple was officially established. Another saying goes like this - in the Yixi first year of the Jin Dynasty (405 CE), people established a pavilion on the dagoba in a