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On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c18.s1.8

On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c18.s1.8

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v2.c18.s1.8

The Aviddha-karṇa (or Unpierced-ear) Monastery of this passage is placed by the Fang-chih to the north-east of the capital, and not to the east as in our text. Our pilgrim’s town Mahāśāla (or Mahāsāra) has been supposed to correspond to the present Masār about six miles west of Shahabad in Bengal.