[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904) › v2.c19.20 # On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.20 On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.20 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.20) Near the Temple of the Footprints Stone, the narrative proceeds, was a stone pillar above 30 feet high with an inscription much injured. The sum of the contents of the inscription was that Asoka, strong in faith, had thrice given Jambudvīpa as a religious offering to the Buddhist order, and thrice redeemed it with his own precious substances. - [Previous: v2.c19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.19) - [Next: v2.c19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.21) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.20) · Pramāṇa