On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c18.s2.2
On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c18.s2.2
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v2.c18.s2.2
By the words "from this" here the context requires us to understand "from the Kumbha Tope", but the Life makes the pilgrim proceed from the *Chan-chu* country north-east 150 *li* to Vaiśāli. Cunningham, who identifies the city of Vaiśāli (or Vesāli) with the modern Besārh, regards the Ganges of this passage as a mistake for *Gandak*. But the pilgrim evidently places the Kumbha Tope to the south of the Ganges, and the text may be regarded as correct.