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

Chapter 2: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, &c.

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A travel narrative recounts a lengthy pilgrimage undertaken to obtain authoritative Buddhist scriptures, offering sequential accounts of routes, towns, and regions visited. It records detailed descriptions of monasteries, relics, stupas, festivals, and local legends tied to sacred sites, together with observations on monastic discipline, communal practices, and material culture. The text is arranged chapter by chapter around places of interest and is accompanied by explanatory notes, textual annotations, and occasional reflections on religious observance and geography.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, &c.

Sketch-map of Fâ-hien’s travels		To face Introduction, page 1
I.
Dream of Buddha’s mother of his incarnation		To face p. 65
II.
Buddha just born, with the nâgas supplying water to wash him		To face p. 67
III.
Buddha tossing the white elephant over the wall		To face p. 66
IV.
Buddha in solitude and enduring austerities		To face p. 87
V.
Buddhaship attained		To face p. 88
VI.
The devas celebrating the attainment of the Buddhaship		To face the Title
VII.
Buddha’s dying instructions		To face p. 70
VIII.
Buddha’s death		To follow VII
IX.
Division of Buddha’s relics		To follow VIII