[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.c19.85 # On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.85 On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.85 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.85) The pilgrim next goes on to tell us that a journey of 14 or 15 \*li\* south-west from the Prāgbodhi Hill brought one to the Bodhi Tree. The enclosing walls, he relates, are built of brick, high and strong; the inclosure is long from east to west, and narrow from north to south, and it is above 500 paces in circuit. Rare trees and noted flowers make continuous shade; fine grass and strange plants climb over and cover everything. The principal gate opens east towards the Nairañjana River, the south gate is connected with a large flower-tank, the west limit is a natural defence, and the north gate communicates with the grounds inside the walls of a large monastery. The sacred traces are very close together; topes or shrines (\*ching-shê\*) have been raised, as memorials, by sovereigns, high officials, or nobles of India who were pious Buddhists. - [Previous: v2.c19.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.84) - [Next: v2.c19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.86) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.85) · Pramāṇa