On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c17.s1.2

v2.c17.s1.2

It is remarkable that while all the texts of the Records here give 500 *li* as the distance from Sravasti to Kapilavastu, the texts of the Life give 800 *li*, the direction being the same; the Fang-chih agrees with the Records. Then the Life does not mention the "more than ten deserted cities all in utter ruin", but it tells us that "the *tu-ch'êng* (都城), that is, the other cities for above 1000 *li* (in D 10 *li*) were all utterly ruined". Here again also the Life and the Records use the term "Palace city" to denote the walled city of the district called *the capital*. The word *ch'êng* means city and city-wall, and it was the wall of the city which was made of brick as to its foundations and was fifteen *li* in circuit.