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² See Vol. I, p. 32f. The Chinese pilgrim *Fa-hien* (*s.* A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms...transl. by *J. Legge*, Oxford, 1886, Chap. XXXVI), when he travelled through North India during the years 399-414 A.D., did not as yet find any manuscripts of the Vinayapiṭaka, but only oral tradition. It was not until he came to Pāṭaliputra that he found a copy of the Vinaya in a Mahāyāna monastery.