A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms Being an account by the Chinese monk Fâ-hien of his travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline

[Illustration: VI. THE DEVAS CELEBRATING THE ATTAINMENT OF THE BUDDHASHIP.] A RECORD OF BUDDHISTIC KINGDOMS BEING AN ACCOUNT BY THE CHINESE MONK FÂ-HIEN OF HIS TRAVELS IN INDIA AND CEYLON (A.D. 399–414) IN SEARCH OF THE BUDDHIST BOOKS OF DISCIPLINE _TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED WITH A COREAN RECENSION OF THE CHINESE TEXT_ BY JAMES LEGGE, M.A., LL.D. Professor of the Chinese Language and Literature Oxford AT THE CLARENDON PRESS 1886 [_All rights reserved_] CONTENTS Page PREFACE xi INTRODUCTION. Life of Fâ-hien; genuineness and integrity of the text of his narrative; number of the adherents of Buddhism. 1 CHAPTER I. From Chʽang-gan to the Sandy Desert. 9 CHAPTER II. On to Shen-shen and thence to K…

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