Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c30.27

c30.27

**Pushkarāvatī.** From the Kanishka monastery, the pilgrim came to the city of Pushkarāvatī (modern Hashṭanagar) where lived many Buddhist sages from Mid-India. It was here that Vasumitra composed his *Abhidharma-prakaraṇa-pada-śāstra* (p. 214). Close by was an old monastery where there were still a few Hīnayāna monks. "In it Dharmatrāta composed his *Tsa-abhidharma-lun* (unidentified)."