Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s4.t7.5

v2.c14.s4.t7.5

According to volume 198 of *Old books of Tang*, and Volume 221 of *New Book of Tang*, the envoy reached the Xia kingdom presenting the king and his monks several thousand pieces of silk damask and other gifts. Li Yibiao passed through Nepāla (now Nepal) on his way to India. Narendradeva, the king of Nepāla was very pleased when he met the envoy of the Tang kingdom and took Li Yibiao to enjoy the beautiful sight of Aqipomi Pool (*Old Books of Tang*, volume 198, *Xirong Nationality*). This pool was a small hot spring having waters springing at extremely high temperatures, just as Master Heun Sang's descriptions in his *Records of the Western Regions of the Great Tang*. The pool was so small that a person could only take 20 steps to walk around it, and was hot enough to cook any thing thrown into it in a very short time. The details of the pool can be found in *Shakya Chronicles*.