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

by Faxian

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. Chapter I. From Ch’Ang-Gan to the Sandy Desert
4. Chapter II. On to Shen-Shen and Thence to Khoten
5. Chapter III. Khoten. Processions of Images. The King’s New Monastery
6. Chapter IV. Through the Ts’Ung or “Onion” Mountains to K’Eeh-Ch’a;—Probably Skardo, or Some City More to the East in Ladak
7. Chapter V. Great Quinquennial Assembly of Monks. Relics of Buddha. Productions of the Country
8. Chapter VI. On Towards North India. Darada. Image of Maitreya Bodhisattva
9. Chapter VII. Crossing of the Indus. When Buddhism First Crossed the River for the East
10. Chapter VIII. Woo-Chang, or Udyana. Monasteries, and Their Ways. Traces of Buddha
11. Chapter IX. Soo-Ho-to. Legend of Buddha
12. Chapter X. Gandhara. Legends of Buddha
13. Chapter XI. Takshasila. Legends. The Four Great Topes
14. Chapter XII. Purushapura, or Peshawur. Prophecy About King Kanishka and His Tope. Buddha’s Alms-Bowl. Death of Hwuy-Ying
15. Chapter XIII. Nagara. Festival of Buddha’s Skull-Bone. Other Relics, and His Shadow
16. Chapter XIV. Death of Hwuy-King in the Little Snowy Mountains. Lo-E. Pohna. Crossing the Indus to the East
17. Chapter XV. Bhida. Sympathy of Monks with the Pilgrims
18. Chapter XVI. On to Mathura or Muttra. Condition and Customs of Central India; Of the Monks, Viharas, and Monasteries
19. Chapter XVII. Sankasya. Buddha’s Ascent to and Descent from the Trayastrimsas Heaven, and Other Legends
20. Chapter XVIII. Kanyakubja, or Canouge. Buddha’s Preaching
21. Chapter XIX. Sha-Che. Legend of Buddha’s Danta-Kashtha
22. Chapter XX. Kosala and Sravasti. The Jetavana Vihara and Other Memorials and Legends of Buddha. Sympathy of the Monks with the Pilgrims
23. Chapter XXI. The Three Predecessors of Sakyamuni in the Buddhaship
24. Chapter XXII. Kapilavastu. Its Desolation. Legends of Buddha’s Birth, and Other Incidents in Connexion with It
25. Chapter XXIII. Rama, and Its Tope
26. Chapter XXIV. Where Buddha Finally Renounced the World, and Where He Died
27. Chapter XXV. Vaisali. The Tope Called “Weapons Laid Down.” the Council of Vaisali
28. Chapter XXVI. Remarkable Death of Ananda
29. Chapter XXVII. Pataliputtra or Patna, in Magadha. King Asoka’s Spirit-Built Palace and Halls. The Buddhist Brahman, Radha-Sami. Dispensaries and Hospitals
30. Chapter XXVIII. Rajagriha, New and Old. Legends and Incidents Connected with It
31. Chapter XXIX. Gridhra-Kuta Hill, and Legends. Fâ-Hien Passes a Night on It. His Reflections
32. Chapter XXX. The Srataparna Cave, or Cave of the First Council. Legends. Suicide of a Bhikshu
33. Chapter XXXI. Gaya. Sakyamuni’s Attaining to the Buddhaship; And Other Legends
34. Chapter XXXII. Legend of King Asoka in a Former Birth, and His Naraka
35. Chapter XXXIII. Mount Gurupada, Where Kasyapa Buddha’s Entire Skeleton Is
36. Chapter XXXIV. On the Way Back to Patna. Varanasi, or Benares. Sakyamuni’s First Doings After Becoming Buddha
37. Chapter XXXV. Dakshina, and the Pigeon Monastery
38. Chapter XXXVI. In Patna. Fâ-Hien’s Labours in Transcription of Manuscripts, and Indian Studies for Three Years
39. Chapter XXXVII. To Champa and Tamalipti. Stay and Labours There for Three Years. Takes Ship to Singhala, or Ceylon
40. Chapter XXXVIII. At Ceylon. Rise of the Kingdom. Feats of Buddha. Topes and Monasteries. Statue of Buddha in Jade. Bo Tree. Festival of Buddha’s Tooth
41. Chapter XXXIX. Cremation of an Arhat. Sermon of a Devotee
42. Chapter XL. After Two Years Takes Ship for China. Disastrous Passage to Java; And Thence to China; Arrives at Shan-Tung; And Goes to Nanking. Conclusion or L’Envoi by Another Writer

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