After travelling for seventeen days, a distance we may calculate of about 1500 le, (the pilgrims) reached the kingdom of Shen-shen,[1] a country rugged and hilly, with a thin and barren soil. The clothes of the common people are coarse, and like those worn in our land of Han,[2] some wearing felt and others coarse serge or cloth of hair;-- this was the only difference seen among them.
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Sacred Books of the East, Law of Buddha, Buddhist Birth Stories, Kasyapa Buddha, Central India, Rhys Davids, The Life of the Buddha, Buddhist Suttas, Vinaya Texts, Nidana Katha, North India, Precious Ones, Ruler of Devas, Buddha Gaya, China Review, Hibbert Lectures, Middle Kingdom, Pratyeka Buddhas, Spence Hardy, Chang K'een, Foo Kung-sun, Gosirsha Chandana New!
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Sacred Books of the East, Law of Buddha, Buddhist Birth Stories, Kasyapa Buddha, Central India, Rhys Davids, The Life of the Buddha, Buddhist Suttas, Vinaya Texts, Nidana Katha, North India, Precious Ones, Ruler of Devas, Buddha Gaya, China Review, Hibbert Lectures, Middle Kingdom, Pratyeka Buddhas, Spence Hardy, Chang K'een, Foo Kung-sun, Gosirsha Chandana New!
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- Ancient Geography of India by Sir Alexander Cunningham on page 30, and page 38
- Manual of Buddhism by R. Spence Hardy in Front Matter, and page 39
- Chips from a German Workshop Part One by F. Max Muller in Front Matter
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- Haunting the Buddha: Indian Popular Religions and the Formation of Buddhism by Robert DeCaroli in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Hien of His Travels in India and Ceylon in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline by James Legge in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and page 9
- Women's Buddhism, Buddhism's Women -- Tradition, Revision, Renewal by Ellison Banks Findly on page 35, and Back Matter
- Chinese Religions by Julia Ching in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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