212 A. M. Broadley — The Buddhistic Remains of Rih&r. [No. 3, 
In the pages of the account which he wrote of his Indian travels, Magadha 
has a prominent place, no less than four chapters being occupied in the rela- 
tion of his wanderings in that kingdom.* Before retracing our steps to the 
time of Sakhya Muni himself, I must say something of another great travel- 
ler, who, two centuries later, passed over very nearly the same route as his 
predecessor. On the 1st August, 629, A. D. Hwen Thsang left his home 
at Liang-cheu, on a similar errand to that of Chi-Fah-Hiyan,f and it is not 
till A. D. 644 that he again arrives in the frontiers of his native land. Ac- 
cording to the computation of General Cunningham, he reached Magadha on 
February 10th, 637, and remained there till January, A. D. 639. It also 
appears that he revisited it during the spring of A. D. 642. The Buddhist 
pilgrim has bequeathed to posterity an account of his travels, and of the 
places and people he visited, the historical and archaeological value of which 
it is impossible to overrate. It is much to be regretted, that no carefully 
annotated English translation has as yet been prepared of these invaluable 
records. In this instance the French have gone before us, and it is to M. 
Stanislaus Julien that the world is indebted for its knowledge of the history, 
geography, and antiquities of India during the 7th century of our era. This 
eminent scholar has published two entirely distinct works on the subject, 
and for reasons which I shall presently state, I deem it best to give the 
title of them in full. 
The first appeared in 1853. It is entitled “ Histone de la vie de 
Hiouen Thsang et de ses voyages dans l’Hinde depuis l’an 629 jusqu’en 645, 
par Hoei-li et Yen-Thsang, suivie de documents et d’eclaircissements geo- 
grapliiques tires de la relation originale de Hiouen Thsang, traduite de 
Chinois par Stanislaus Julien.” The second was published at Paris five 
years later, and bears the title “ Memoires sur les contrees ocoidentales, 
traduit du Sanscrit en Chinois en l’an 648 par Hiouen Thsang, et du 
Chinois en Francais par M. Stanislaus Julien. Paris 1857.”! 
yojanas, actual distance about 54 miles ; Nalanda to Rajgir, one yojana, actual 
distance, 5£ or 6 miles. For these reasons I consider a yojana as equivalent to a dis- 
tance of between 5 and 6 miles. 
* Beal’s « Fah-Hiyan,’ pp. 102-119. 
t Cunningham’s * Ancient Geography of India/ p. 563. 
X The following will shew the discrepancies between both editions, as far as 
Magadha is concerned — 
JT. — “ Histoire de la vie de Hiouen Thsang 1853. 
From 
To 
Distance 
Direction 
Patalipntra 
Tilaqakya 
7 Y. 
S. W. 
Tila^akya 
Bodhidrouma 
100 L. 
S. 
Bodhidrouma 
Nalanda 
7 Y. 
? 
Nalanda 
Rajgriha 
P 
? 
Rajgriha 
Indrasaila guha 
30 L. 
E. 
Indrasaila guha 
Nalanda 
? 
? 
