1838*] in two of the edicts of Asoka> king of India. 165 



deputation by Asoka himself of a missionary named Maha'rakkhito 

 to effect the conversion of the Yona country, while Majjhantiko 

 goes to Kdsmira and Gandhdra, and others to various places. 



The other passage cited (page 171) occurs in an elaborate and most 

 circumstantial account of the erection of the Mahdthupa, or great tope, 

 at Ruanwelli, by Dutthagamini king of Ceylon, in the year 157 B. C. 

 Among the priests who resort to Ceylon to assist at its consecration 

 are the following from Upper India — for the passage is so interesting to 

 us Indians who are nearly in the dark as to those periods, that I cannot 

 refrain from extracting it entire : 



i( Ndnddesdpi aganchhun bahawd bhikkhawo idha: 



Idhadipatihasanghassa kdkathdwa idhdgame ? 



Therdsiti sahass&ni bhikkhd dddya dgamd 



Rdjdgahassa sdmantd Indagutto mahdgani. 



Sahassdn Isipatand Bhikkhunan dwddasddya 



Dhammaseno mahdthero chetiyaithdnamdyamd. 



Satthin bhikkhusahassdni dddya iddhamdgama 



Piyadassi mahdthero Jetardmawihdrato. 



Wesdlimahdwanato theroru Buddharakkhit& 



Atth&sasahassani bhikkhu dddya dgamd. 



Kosambighositdrdmo theroru dhammarakkhito 



Tinsa bhikkhusahassdni dddya idhamdgamd. 



Addya Yujjeniyan thero Dakkhinagirito 



Yati chattdrisahassdni dgoru Dhammarakkhito 



Bliikkhunan satasahassdnan satthi-sahassani chddiya. 



Pupphapure sdkdramd thero mittinnandmako . 



Duwe satasahassdni sahassdni cha satthicha, 



Bhikkhu Pallawabhogamhd mahadewo mahdmati. 



Yonanaggar dlasanna Yona mahddhammarakkhito 



Thero satthisahassdni bhikkhu dddya dgamd. 



Winjhd lawiwatdniyd sendsanutu uttaro. 



Thero satthi sahassdni bhikkhu dddya dgamd. 



Chittagutto mahdthero Bodhimanda wihdrato 



Tinsa bhikkhusahassdni ddiyitwd idhdgamd. 



Chandagutto mahdthero wanawdsapadesato , 



A'gdsiti sahassdni ddiyeticd yati idha. 



Suriyagutio mahdthero keldsamahdwihdrato 



Chhanawati sahassani bhikkhu dddya dgamd. " 

 ** From various foreign countries many priests repaired thither. Who will be able 

 to render an account of the priests of the island who assembled here? The pro- 

 found teacher Indagutto, a sojourner in the vicinity of Rdjaguha, attended, ac- 

 companied by eight thousand theVos. The niaha th£ro Dhammaseno, bringing with 

 him twelve thousand from the fraternity of the Isipattana temple (near Bdrdnesi), 

 repaired to the site of the thupo. The maha thero Piyadassi from the jeto wihdro 

 (near Sdivatthipura) attended, bringing with him sixty thousand priests. The 

 th^ro Buddharakkhito attended from the Mahdwanno wihdro of Wesali, bring- 

 ing eight thousand priests. The chief th^ro Dhammarakkhito, attended from 

 the Ghositd temple of Kdsambiu, bringing thirty thousand priests with him. The 

 chief thero Dhammarakkhito, bringing forty thousand disciples from Dakkhind- 

 giri temple of Ujje'ni, also attended. The th£ro named Mittinno, bringing sixty 

 thousand priests from his fraternity of one hundred thousand at the Asdko temple 

 at Pupphapura. The thero Rettinno, bringing from the Kdsmira country two 

 hundred and eighty thousand priests. The great sage Mahadewo with fourteen 

 lacs and sixty thousand priests from Pallawabhdgo ; and maha Dhammarak- 

 khito, th£ro of Yona, accompanied by thirty thousand priests from the vicinity of 

 A'lusaddd, the capital of the Yona country, attended. The theVo Uttaro attended 

 accompanied by sixty thousand priests from the Uttania temple in the wilderness of 

 Winjha. The maha thero Chittagutto repaired hither, attended by thirty thousand 

 priests from the Boddhimando. The maha thero Chandagutto repaired hither, 

 attended by eighty thousand priests from the Wandwdsd country. The maha" theVo 

 Suriagutto attended, accompanied by ninety-six thousand priests from the Kelaso 

 wihdro." 



