On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.34

v2.c19.34

We now return again to our pilgrim's description. He tells us that to the south-east of the “old city” was the “Ku-t'a-Saṅghārāma” according to the A, B, and D texts, but in C and in the “Fang-chih” it is “Ku-ku-t'a Saṅghārāma” (or Cock Monastery). This monastery, the pilgrim states, had been built by Asoka, but it was in ruins, the foundations alone remaining. After Asoka became a Buddhist he summoned an assembly of 1000 Buddhist monks, common monks and arhats, in this monastery and supplied them with the requisites of their order.