A History of Agriculture in India v1.c27.s2.7

v1.c27.s2.7

The Lumbini garden was visited by the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang. He came to India in A.D. 630 and stayed until A.D. 645. He mentions an *asoka*-tree under which the Buddha was born. “To the north-east of the arrow well about 80 or 90 li, we come to the Lumbini (Lavani) garden. Here is the bathing tank of the Sakyas, the water of which is bright and clear as a mirror, and the surface covered with a mixture of flowers. To the north of this 24 or 25 paces there is an *asoka*-flower tree, which is now decayed; this is the place where Bodhisattva was born.”