[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.c19.6 # On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.6 On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.6 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.6) Our pilgrim proceeds to describe the Magadha country in his usual manner. It was, he states, above 5000 \*li\* in circuit. There were few inhabitants in the walled cities, but the other towns were well peopled; the soil was rich, yielding luxuriant crops. It produced a kind of rice with large grain of extraordinary savour and fragrance called by the people "the rice for grandees". The land was low and moist and the towns were on plateaus; from the beginning of summer to the middle of autumn the plains were overflowed, and boats could be used. The inhabitants were honest in character; the climate was hot; the people esteemed learning and reverenced Buddhism. There were above fifty Buddhist monasteries, and more than 10000 ecclesiastics, for the most part adherents of the Mahāyāna system. There were some tens of Deva-temples, and the adherents of the various sects were very numerous. - [Previous: v2.c19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.5) - [Next: v2.c19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.7) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.6) · Pramāṇa