Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c29.21

c29.21

At Rājagṛiha, Fa-Hien found still existing as of old the Vihāra originally built for the Buddha and his 1,250 disciples by Jīvaka (p. 82). Outside the city, the traveller "found the Karaṇḍa Bamboo garden where the old Vihāra (the gift of Bimbisāra to the Buddha) is still in existence with a company of monks who keep (it) swept and (its grounds) watered" (p. 84).