On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c22.s8.2

v2.c22.s8.2

It is not certain that Yuan-chuang actually visited this district, but there is nothing in the text or in the Life to indicate that he is describing merely from report. Cunningham proposes to identify the country with "the triangular tract lying between the mouth of the Banās river on the west and the Sābarmati river on the east".¹ The city of Ānandupura is probably the *Huan-hsi-ch'êng*, or "city of joy", mentioned as the capital of Hai-t'ien (海天) or "Sāgaradeva", one of the mythical royal ancestors of the Buddha.²