Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c30.33

c30.33

Towards the northern confines of Taksha-śilā, near the great Mānikyāla Tope, was a monastery with above 100 Mahāyāna monks (p. 255), which was seen about the beginning of the fifth century A.D. to be a large establishment with about 5,000 Brethren by another Chinese pilgrim monk (note of Watters, p. 256). There were also in that locality two other monasteries of Mahāyāna school, one with few and another with 200 Brethren (ib.).