[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.c19.86 # On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.86 On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.86 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.86) Although the text of this passage seems to state that the pilgrim actually visited the Prāgbodhi Hill, and from it went on to the Bodhi Tree, yet it is better to take the words in a general sense. Yuan-chuang may have made the journey, following the P'usa's footsteps, during his stay in the district. The reader will observe that the great or outer inclosure of the Bodhi Tree is a wall with a gate on three sides, but on the west side there is a natural defence. This agrees with other accounts, and the Burmese tradition is thus given by Bigandet— "To consecrate, as it were, and perpetuate the remembrance of the seven spots occupied by Buddha during the forty-nine days that he spent round the tree Bodi, a Dzady was erected on each of these seven places. King Pathanadi Kosala surrounded them with a double wall, and subsequently king Dammathoka added two others. There were only three openings or gates to penetrate into the enclosed ground, one on the north, another on the east, and the third on the south”.¹ - [Previous: v2.c19.85](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.85) - [Next: v2.c19.87](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.87) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.86](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.86) · Pramāṇa