[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c45.198 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.198 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.198 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c45.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.198) \*\*Sankisa\*\*, Dt Farrukhabad, on the Kalinadi, lying midway between ATRANJIKHERA and KANAUJ, 40 km from either, called Sāṅkāśya in the \*Rāmāyaṇa\* and other Sanskrit texts, Sankisa in Pali texts and Song-kia-she or Kia-pi-tha by the Chinese travellers, where Buddha accompanied with Brahmā and Indra is said to have descended from the Trayastriṃśa heaven by a ladder of gold or gem, thus making the place a centre of Buddhist pilgrimage. Hiuen Tsang records the construction of ladders by the local princes at the site of the original ladder. He also saw at the site a monastery, a pillar of Aśoka, several \*stūpas\* and a \*nāga\* tank. - [Previous: v2.c45.197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.197) - [Next: v2.c45.199](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.199) - [Up: v2.c45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45) ## Linked texts (1) - [Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.valmiki) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.198](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c45.198) · Pramāṇa