[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s1.24 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.24 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.24 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.24) 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. - [Previous: v2.c19.s1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.23) - [Next: v2.c19.s1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.25) - [Up: v2.c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1) ## Cites (1) - [Vinayapiṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.24) · Pramāṇa