[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.c19.91 # On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.91 On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c19.91 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.91) According to the Life the Chin-kang-tso or Vajrāsana was so called because it was made of adamant (vajra), an indestructible substance which could destroy everything. The two images of Kuan-tzŭ-tsai P'usa here mentioned apparently did not exist at the time of Fa-hsien's visit, and they are not in other treatises. Asoka's stone wall round the Bodhi Tree is apparently the wall which Fa-hsien says was made of brick. Then Fa-hsien tells of a tope here, and the Asokāvadāna mentions the building of one at the spot by Asoka: the tope at the Bodhi Tree, moreover, was one of the Eight Great Topes, and was visited by pilgrims. So it is strange that Yuan-chuang does not make any reference to a tope at the place where the P'usa attained Buddhahood. - [Previous: v2.c19.90](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.90) - [Next: v2.c19.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.92) - [Up: v2.c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aśokāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.divyavadana.asokavadana) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.watters-1904.v2.c19.91) · Pramāṇa