In this country there are fourteen large monasteries, without counting the smaller ones. Beginning on the first day of the fourth moon, the main thoroughfares inside the city are swept and watered, and the side-streets are decorated. Over the city gate... The Travels of Fa-hsien (399-414 A.D.): Or Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms - Page 5 by Faxian - 1923 - 96 pages Full view -
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