Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.s3.t2.100

v2.c13.s3.t2.100

and coconut fronds for the roof. Brick and mud were used to build storehouses for the storage of expensive clothing and other valuables and to prevent them from fire and theft. However, it also claimed that the king believed in Buddhism, respected elephants and cattle, built Buddhist shrines and erected a copper Buddha statue, building a ditch around the base of the statue. After the bell and drum were sounded in the morning, people used to get water from well to water the statue from top thrice, and then, only after worshipping it, they used to leave. The work *Records of Travelling to the West* written by Gong Zhen has a similar account of the place.