On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c22.s12: Chih-Chi-T'O
On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c22.s12
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Chih-Chi-T'O
v2.c22.s12.1
Going on with his narrative the pilgrim relates that he went north-east from Ujayana above 1000 *li* to *Chih-chi-t'o* (Julien's *Chi-ki-to*). This country was above 4000 *li*, and its capital about 15 *li*, in circuit; the soil was rich, the crops were abundant, and pulse and wheat were products. The majority of the people were not Buddhists, but there were some tens of monasteries with a few Brethren; there were above ten Deva-temples and 1000 professed adherents of the other systems. The king, who was a brahmin, was a firm believer in Buddhism, and encouraged men of merit, and learned scholars of other lands collected here in numbers.
v2.c22.s12.2
A note added to our text places this country in "South India". The Fang-chih makes the pilgrim go east from Ujayana 1000 *li* to this Chih-chi-t'o, but the Life and all the texts of the Records have north-east. Chitore is said to be the modern representative of Chih-chi-t'o. Cunningham identifies this with the kingdom of Jajhoti, the capital of which was Kajurāha or Kajūra which corresponds "with the modern district of Bundelkhand".²
v2.c22.s12.3
² A. G. I. p. 481; J. III, p. 408.