 The kingdom is on a large island, extending from east to west fifty yojanas, and from north to south thirty. Left and right from it there are as many as 100 small islands, distant from one another ten, twenty, or even 200 le ; but all subject to the large...  A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms - Page 91by Faxian - 1886 - 123 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Yogendra-Nātha Dāsa Gupta - Bengal (India) - 1914 - 208 pages
...to the country of Singhala. The people said that it was distant (from Tamalipti) about 700 yojanas. The kingdom is on a large island, extending from east...is one which produces the pure and brilliant pearl, — an island which would form a square of about ten le. The king employs men to watch and protect... | |
 | James Legge, Faxian - Religion - 2005 - 193 pages
...Tripitaka which he had obtained. » 'The Kingdom of the Lion,' Ceylon. Sintchala was the name of a The kingdom is on a large island, extending from east...thirty. Left and right from it there are as many as i00 small islands, distant from one another ten, twenty, or even aoo le j but all subject to the large... | |
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