32 Verification of the Itinerary of Hwan Thsang [July, 



that it was found in the neighbourhood. In like manner the inscription 

 on the London Monument might be called a record of the building of 

 London Bridge.) 



From thence down the Ganges to the E. at 300 li (50 miles) to 

 No. 73 — Chen-chu, 2000 li (333 miles) in extent. The capital is 

 situated on the Ganges. (The Chinese syllables probably represent 

 Chacha or Jajja ; and as the distance and bearing point to Ghdzipur I 

 cannot help suspecting that the Mahomedan name is only a corruption 

 of Chachipura or Jajjapura. We know that Jajdvati or Chachdvati 

 and Chacheri or Chachandi were both seats of the Chandel Rajputs. 

 Now Chachipura or Ghdzipura may have been another of their loca- 

 tions ; but I have not been able to trace them beyond the Jaunpur and 

 Azimgarh districts.) To the E. of this town at 200 li (33 miles) was 

 the monastery of A-pi-tho-ko-la-nu " oreille non percee," in Sanskrit 

 aviddhakarni, a name of the Cissampelos hexandra, which most proba- 

 bly gave its name to the monastery. Thence to the S. E. at 100 li (17 

 miles), and to the S. of the Ganges was the town of Ma-ha-so-lo 

 (probably some place on the Mdhi river, perhaps Mahasura although I 

 know not whether such a place exists on that stream. This is to the N. 

 of the present course of the Ganges : but in my remarks on No. 77 I 

 will give my reasons for believing that the course of the river, since 

 Hwan Thsang wrote, has gradually advanced to the S. about 20 miles.) 

 Thence to the N. E. across the Ganges at 40 or 50 li (7 or 8 miles) to 

 No. 74 — Fei-she-li, or Vaisali, Landresse. To the N. W. of the 

 town at 5 or 6 li (about 1 mile) was the monastery where Ananda be- 

 came an Arhan ; to the S. E. of which was a Stupa built by king Fei- 

 she-li (Visala of the solar race, the 27th in descent from the sun.) 

 To the N. W. was a Stupa of king Asoka, and the dwelling of Pi-ma- 

 lo-ki, "sans tache" (in Sanskrit, Vimalaka "the blameless.") To the 

 N. W. of the city was the ancient town of king Chakravarti Mahadeva, 

 and to the S. E. at 14 or 15 li (2| miles) was a great Stupa where was 

 held an assembly of Arhan s 110 years after the Nirvana. (This was 

 the second convocation described in the Mahawanso.) Thence to the S. 

 at 8 or 9 li (1| mile) was the monastery of She-fei-to-pu-lo (perhaps 

 Sweta-pura, "white town," and to the S. E. of that at 30 li (5 miles) 

 on the bank of the Ganges were two monasteries. (The town of Vaisdli 

 has not yet been identified with any modern position. Formerly it was 

 believed to be Allahabad ; but since the publication of the narratives of 



