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Vihara of Jétavana where the past Buddhas preached. Near that 
place is a well where the Buddha washed his hands and there is also a 
dwelling where the revered Cariputra humbled the pride of the miracle- 
worker Maudgalyaputra. 
“Three or four hours journey to the north-west of Jétavana, 
is a dwelling called ‘ the eye-seeing shrine’! where traces of the Guide 
and of the revered disciples are said to remain up tillnow. To the 
north-west of that place and north of Ayddhya is a great fort called 
‘Kha-nou.’ In the eastern portion of the Jéta forest is a shrine where 
the Buddha preached to the infidels, and several other shrines at each of 
which king Acdka is said to have built a stupa. 
“From here, eight or nine days journey to the east, stands the 
city of Kapila, the birth-place of our Guide. It was called ‘ Kapila’ 
or ‘the tawny colored town;’* at present it is called ‘ Jaya-sipata ’ 
or ‘the dwelling of victory. One (to reach it) goes through a 
country where there is a new city called ‘ Shi-kanta-pura’ on the bank 
of the river Rohita which flows from the north-east to the south-west. 
On the northern (or to the north of the) bank of the river Rohita are 
the towns called ‘ Kachi-li-bin,’ and ‘ Bal-po-garh’ (which literally 
means the Nepalese fort, but it may be intended for ‘ Balaul-garhi’ or 
‘Pal-pa’ of the Nepal sub-Himalayas due north of Gorakhpur), and the 
hill of the ‘Thag-po’ country.4 Not far from that hill is a small 
city called ‘(r) Do-na-ko-ta’ (or ? Gilanakota),> from which after 
two or three hours walk to the west, are the traces of Kapila city. 
(2? now) called Kapila-di (? dih), which is described by Gau-pan and 
in the travel-records of Thay-ziy (Hiuen T'siane) and in several sétras. 
“In the middle of the city are traces of the palace of Cuddhodana, 
with an image of the king. Near the palace is also an image of the 
queen Mahamaya (? now) called Maha-yogini. Near that place is the 
dwelling where the Guide was born, with his image. North-east of that 
place is a stupa erected by Acdka where the king was given a name by 
the Rsis. In each of the four gates of the city is an image of the ‘ Youth 
Siddhartha,’ © with a picture of the miseries of birth, old age and sickness, 
and of death, and of the (happiness of the) ascetic. In the north-west of 
the city is a shrine where the Cakya (youths) were drowned” by 
- ¢Viridhaka.’ The many hundred and thousands of the stupas of their 
bones as described by Thay-zin were seen by some Acaryas. Outside the 
southern gate of the city is a stupa erected at the spot where the Buddha 
1 ABy HN EQ’ 4" Mig-mthon-bahi-gnas. 
2 Ser-skya-i-gron. 4 Thag-po-ynl. 6 Don-grub. 
8 rGyal-bahi-gnas. 5 »Do-na-ko-ta. 1 sNub, 
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