Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c29.12

c29.12

In the city of He-lo (Hidda, west of Peshawar) was a Vihāra where the flat-bone of Buddha's skull is said to have been deposited, which is regularly worshipped with offerings by the kings of the country, his attendants, and the chiefs of the Vaiśyas. Near the city of Nagara was the Buddha's pewter staff in a Vihāra, and Saṅghāṭi or his robe in another, while at the place where the Buddha shaved off his hair and clipped his nails was another Vihāra with more than 700 monks (pp. 36–40).