On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.155

v2.c19.155

The pilgrim next tells us that near the Peepul tree of the place of austerities was a tope to mark the spot at which Ājñāta Kauṇḍinya and his four companions lodged while they were in attendance on the P'usa. When the latter left his home to wander among mountains and marshes, and lodge by wood and spring, king Suddhodana, his father, had sent these five men to watch and wait on him. When he adopted a life of austerity the five also made diligent quest (that is, for emancipation).