...these monasteries. There also resides in this monastery a Brahman teacher, whose name also is MANJUSRI, whom the shamans of greatest virtue in the kingdom,...of images. They make a fourwheeled car, and on it ereot a structure of five storeys by means of bamboos tied together. This is supported by a king-post...

...procession at Pataliputra, although centuries later in date, serves as a commentary. 'Every year,' he says, 'on the eighth day of the second month they celebrate a procession of images. "hey make a four-wheeled car, and on it erect a structure of fivi storeys by means of bamboos tied...

...mahayina Bhikshus Honour and look up to. The cities and towns of this country are the greatest of all la the Middle Kingdom The inhabitants are rich and prosperous,...more than twenty cubits high, having the shape of at tope. White and silk-like cloth of hair * is wrapped all round it, which is then painted m various...