36 Verification of the Itinerary of Hwan Thsang [July, 



rence of the prefix Ko before the syllables Lo-che or raja. As there 

 is no doubt whatever about the correctness of the present reading of 

 Rajagriha, my identification of Ko-lo-che-pu-lo with Rajapura or 

 Rajdwari, must be equally correct. Not far from this was the small 

 town of Ktj-li-kia or Girik, the Giryek of Capt. Kit-toe ; close to 

 which was mount Yn-tho-lo-she-lo-ku-ho, or Indrasilaguha, " In- 

 dra's rock-cave," which must be the cave mentioned by Capt. Kittoe 

 as existing in the immediate neighbourhood of Girik.) 



To the N. E. at 150 or 160 li (25 to 27 miles) was the monastery 

 of Kia-pu-te-kia. (The bearing points to the town of Behar, in 

 Sanskrit Bihar a, or "the monastery," but the recorded distance is 

 double the actual one. Now as the next recorded distance, supposing 

 Behar to be the place intended, is just one half of the real one, I believe 

 that there must have been an interchange of the two distances, an inad- 

 vertence of such likely occurrence that I take but little liberty in adopt- 

 ing it. An example of a similar kind occurs in Pliny — 1. vi. s. 21. 

 where the distance between the Hydaspes and Hyphasis is stated at 

 29 miles and 390 paces, while the distance between the Hyphasis and 

 Hesidrus is given at 168 miles. Here there can be no doubt of the 

 interchange of the two distances. In adopting this correction, the 

 monastery of Kia-pu-te-kia must have been only 70 li (about 12 

 miles) to the N. E. of Girik, which corresponds sufficiently well with 

 the position of the present Behar, which in Rennell's map lies 13 miles 

 to the N. of Girik. The name of the monastery in Sanskrit was per- 

 haps Kapataka, " the dove-hued," or " antimony-colored," which is 

 a good description of the dark metallic-looking stone of Gaya.) 



(Thence to the N. E. at 70 li, or after correction as above, at 150 or 

 160 li, equivalent to 25 or 27 miles, and to the S. of the Ganges, was a 

 large town. The bearing and distance point to Shunar on the Ganges. 

 To the E. at 100 li (17 miles) amongst hills and woods, was the village 

 of Lo-yin-ni-la. This would appear to be the Ruynullah of Ren- 

 nell's map, perhaps for Rohinala, situated at the junction of the 

 Dhania river with the Ganges.) 



Hwan Thsang here mentions no less than five kings of Magadha who 

 had reigned previous to his visit. Their names are — 

 Lo-kia-lo-a-yi-to, or Lagraditya. 

 Fo-tho-kiu-to, „ Budha Gupta. 



