On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v1.c13.7

v1.c13.7

Four or five *li* to the north-west of the capital, the pilgrim relates, was an Asoka tope made of bright orange bricks, and containing wonder-working relics of the Buddha. Above 100 *li* south from the capital was the *Ku-hun-t'u* (in some texts *-ch'u*) monastery: this had high chambers in close succession and detached terraces: the Buddhist Brethren in it led pure strict lives.