On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c18.s5.4

v2.c18.s5.4

We learn also from this book that on an isolated hill above ten *li* to the south of the capital was a Buddhist monastery in several storeys and of fantastic shapes. At this time, about A. D. 645, Nepāl was a dependency of T'u-fan or Tibet, and it joined that country in sending a contingent to help Wang Hsüan-tsê in his trouble with the usurper of Magadha.¹