The University of Nalanda c9.94

The University of Nālandā c9.94

Language: English

c9.94

Coming to Puragupta, we find ourselves treading on surer grounds. His coins bear the words *Śri Vikramaḥ*,¹ and this must refer to King Vikramāditya, who was the patron of Buddhism and sent his crown prince to study under Vasubandhu.² Precisely for this reason, it appears, that Hiuen Tsiang calls him Tathāgatagupta-rāja.

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玄奘 — Classical Chinese