On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c26.s2.32
On Yuan Chwang's Travels in India, 629–645 A.D. v2.c26.s2.32
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v2.c26.s2.32
As to the position of Śrāvastī (I, 379) I have no doubt that the ruins lie on the upper course of the Rāptī in Nepalese territory, near the point where the river emerges from the hills. The Achiravatī river, which flowed past the city, seems to be the Airāvatī, or Rāptī (p. 398). Similarly, the river at Kuśinagara is called both Ajitavatī and Airāvatī (II, 28), and that river is the Little Rāptī.