Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c31.5

c31.5

**Places visited by I-tsing and periods of his stay.** The places actually visited by I-tsing in India were much fewer than those visited by Hiuen Tsang. These were: Kapilavastu, Buddhagayā, Vārāṇasī, Śrāvastī, Kānyakubja, Rājagṛiha (Nālanda), Vaiśālī, Kuśinagara, and Tāmralipti. He refers to several other places in India, viz. Lāṭa, Sindhu, Valabhī, Udyāna, Kāśmīra, and Nepāla, but his descriptions of these places do not appear to be those of an eye-witness. He was, however, careful to check the accuracy of hearsay accounts received by him. He himself states: “Although I myself did not see all these parts of India, I could nevertheless ascertain everything by careful inquiry” (p. 43).