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LIFE OF FA-HIEN; GENUINENESS AND INTEGRITY OF THE TEXT OF HIS

NARRATIVE; NUMBER OF THE ADHERENTS OF BUDDHISM

KHOTEN. PROCESSIONS OF IMAGES. THE KING'S NEW MONASTERY

CHAPTER IV.

THROUGH THE TS'UNG OR 'ONION' MOUNTAINS TO K'EEH-CH'Â; PROBABLY

SKARDO, OR SOME CITY MORE TO THE EAST IN LADAK.

CHAPTER V.

GREAT QUINQUENNIAL ASSEMBLY OF MONKS. RELICS OF BUDDHA. PRO-

DUCTIONS OF THE COUNTRY

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CHAPTER VI.

ON TOWARDS NORTH INDIA. DARADA. IMAGE OF MAITREYA BODHISATTVA.

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CHAPTER VII.

CROSSING OF THE INDUS.

FOR THE EAST

WHEN BUDDHISM FIRST CROSSED THAT RIVER

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PURUSHAPURA, OR PESHÂWUR. PROPHECY ABOUT KING KANISHKA AND

HIS TOPE. BUDDHA'S ALMS-BOWL. DEATH OF HWUY-YING.

CHAPTER XIII.

NAGARA. FESTIVAL OF BUDDHA'S SKULL-BONE. OTHER RELICS, AND HIS

SHADOW.

CHAPTER XIV.

DEATH OF HWUY-KING IN THE LITTLE SNOWY MOUNTAINS. LO-E. POHNÂ.

CROSSING THE INDUS TO THE EAST . .

CHAPTER XV.

BHIDA. SYMPATHY OF MONKS WITH THE PILGRIMS

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36

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CHAPTER XVI.

ON TO MATHURÂ, OR MUTTRA. CONDITION AND CUSTOMS OF CENTRAL

INDIA; OF THE MONKS, VIHÂRAS, AND MONASTERIES

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CHAPTER XVII.

SANKASYA. BUDDHA'S ASCENT TO AND DESCENT from the TRAYASTRIMŚAS

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CHAPTER XX.

KOSALA AND ŚRAVASTI. THE JETAVANA VIHARA AND OTHER MEMORIALS AND

LEGENDS OF BUDDHA. SYMPATHY OF THE MONKS WITH THE PILGRIMS.

CHAPTER XXI.

THE THREE PREDECESSORS OF ŚÂKYAMUNI IN THE BUDDHASHIP

CHAPTER XXII.

KAPILAVASTU. ITS DESOLATION. LEGENDS OF BUDDHA'S BIRTH, AND OTHER

INCIDENTS IN CONNEXION WITH IT

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RAMA, AND ITS TOPE

CHAPTER XXIII.

CHAPTER XXIV.

WHERE BUDDHA FINALLY RENOUNCED THE WORLD, AND WHERE HE DIED.

CHAPTER XXV.

THE TOPE CALLED 'WEAPONS LAID DOWN.' THE COUNCIL OF

VAISALI.

VAIŚÂLÎ .

CHAPTER XXVI.

REMARKABLE DEATH OF ÂNANDA

CHAPTER XXVII.

PÂȚALIPUTTRA, OR PATNA, IN MAGADHA.

KING ASOKA'S SPIRIT-BUILT

PALACE AND HALLS. THE BUDDHIST BRAHMAN, RÂDHASÂMI. DIS-

PENSARIES AND HOSPITALS .

CHAPTER XXVIII.

RAJAGRIHA, NEW AND OLD. LEGENDS AND INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH IT.

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CHAPTER XXIX.

GRIDHRA-KUȚA HILL, AND LEGENDS. FÂ-HIEN PASSES A NIGHT ON IT. HIS

REFLECTIONS .

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CHAPTER XXX.

THE ŚRATAPARŅA CAVE, OR CAVE OF THE FIRST COUNCIL. LEGENDS.

SUICIDE OF A BHIKSHU

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CHAPTER XXXI.

GAYA. SAKYAMUNI'S ATTAINING TO THE BUDDHASHIP; AND OTHER LEGENDS.

CHAPTER XXXII.

LEGEND OF KING ASOKA IN A FORMER BIRTH, AND HIS NARAKA

CHAPTER XXXIII.

MOUNT GURUPADA, WHERE KASYAPA BUDDHA'S ENTIRE SKELETON IS

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CHAPTER XXXIV.

ON THE WAY BACK TO PATNA.

VÂRÂṆASÎ, OR BENARES. ŚAKYAMUNI'S

FIRST DOINGS AFTER BECOMING BUDDHA

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CHAPTER XXXV.

DAKSHINA, AND THE PIGEON MONASTERY

CHAPTER XXXVI.

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IN PATNA. FA-HIEN'S LABOURS IN TRANSCRIPTION OF MANUSCRIPTS, AND

INDIAN STUDIES FOR THREE YEARS

CHAPTER XXXVII.

TO CHAMPA AND TÂMALIPTÎ. STAY AND LABOURS THERE FOR THREE

TAKES SHIP TO SINGHALA, OR CEYLON

YEARS.

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100

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

AT CEYLON.

TOPES AND

BO TREE. FESTIVAL OF

RISE OF THE KINGDOM. FEATS OF BUDDHA.

MONASTERIES. STATUE OF BUDDHA IN JADE.

BUDDHA'S TOOTH .

CHAPTER XXXIX.

CREMATION OF AN ARHAT. SERMON OF A DEVOTEE

CHAPTER XL.

AFTER TWO YEARS TAKES SHIP FOR CHINA. DISASTROUS passage to Java;

AND THENCE TO CHINA; ARRIVES AT SHAN-TUNG; AND GOES TO

NANKING. CONCLUSION OR L'ENVOI BY ANOTHER WRITER