CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
FROM CH'ANG-GAN TO THE SANDY DESERT
CHAPTER II
ON TO SHEN-SHEN AND THENCE TO KHOTEN
CHAPTER III
KHOTEN. PROCESSIONS OF IMAGES. THE KING'S NEW MONASTERY.
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
CHAPTER V
GREAT QUINQUENNIAL ASSEMBLY OF MONKS. RELICS OF BUDDHA.
CHAPTER VI
ON TOWARDS NORTH INDIA. DARADA. IMAGE OF MAITREYA BODHISATTVA.
CHAPTER VII
CROSSING OF THE INDUS. WHEN BUDDHISM FIRST CROSSED THE RIVER FOR THE EAST
CHAPTER VIII
WOO-CHANG, OR UDYANA. MONASTERIES, AND THEIR WAYS. TRACES OF BUDDHA.
CHAPTER IX
SOO-HO-TO. LEGEND OF BUDDHA.
CHAPTER X
GANDHARA. LEGENDS OF BUDDHA.
CHAPTER XI
TAKSHASILA. LEGENDS. THE FOUR GREAT TOPES.
CHAPTER XII
PURUSHAPURA, OR PESHAWUR. PROPHECY ABOUT KING KANISHKA AND HIS TOPE. BUDDHA'S ALMS-BOWL. DEATH OF HWUY-YING.
CHAPTER XIII
NAGARA. FESTIVAL OF BUDDHA'S SKULL-BONE. OTHER RELICS, AND HIS SHADOW.
CHAPTER XIV
DEATH OF HWUY-KING IN THE LITTLE SNOWY MOUNTAINS. LO-E. POHNA.
CHAPTER XV
BHIDA. SYMPATHY OF MONKS WITH THE PILGRIMS.
CHAPTER XVI
ON TO MATHURA OR MUTTRA. CONDITION AND CUSTOMS OF CENTRAL INDIA; OF THE MONKS, VIHARAS, AND MONASTERIES.
CHAPTER XVII
SANKASYA. BUDDHA'S ASCENT TO AND DESCENT FROM THE TRAYASTRIMSAS HEAVEN, AND OTHER LEGENDS.
CHAPTER XVIII
KANYAKUBJA, OR CANOUGE. BUDDHA'S PREACHING.
CHAPTER XIX
SHA-CHE. LEGEND OF BUDDHA'S DANTA-KASHTHA.
CHAPTER XX
KOSALA AND SRAVASTI. THE JETAVANA VIHARA AND OTHER MEMORIALS AND LEGENDS OF BUDDHA. SYMPATHY OF THE MONKS WITH THE PILGRIMS.
CHAPTER XXI
THE THREE PREDECESSORS OF SAKYAMUNI IN THE BUDDHASHIP.
CHAPTER XXII
KAPILAVASTU. ITS DESOLATION. LEGENDS OF BUDDHA'S BIRTH, AND OTHER INCIDENTS IN CONNEXION WITH IT.
CHAPTER XXIII
RAMA, AND ITS TOPE.
CHAPTER XXIV
WHERE BUDDHA FINALLY RENOUNCED THE WORLD, AND WHERE HE DIED.
CHAPTER XXV
VAISALI. THE TOPE CALLED "WEAPONS LAID DOWN." THE COUNCIL OF VAISALI.
CHAPTER XXVI
REMARKABLE DEATH OF ANANDA.
CHAPTER XXVII
PATALIPUTTRA OR PATNA, IN MAGADHA. KING ASOKA'S SPIRIT-BUILT PALACE AND HALLS. THE BUDDHIST BRAHMAN, RADHA-SAMI.
CHAPTER XXVIII
RAJAGRIHA, NEW AND OLD. LEGENDS AND INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH IT.
CHAPTER XXIX
GRIDHRA-KUTA HILL, AND LEGENDS. FA-HIEN PASSES A NIGHT ON IT.
CHAPTER XXX
THE SRATAPARNA CAVE, OR CAVE OF THE FIRST COUNCIL. LEGENDS.
CHAPTER XXXI
GAYA. SAKYAMUNI'S ATTAINING TO THE BUDDHASHIP; AND OTHER LEGENDS.
CHAPTER XXXII
LEGEND OF KING ASOKA IN A FORMER BIRTH, AND HIS NARAKA.
CHAPTER XXXIII
MOUNT GURUPADA, WHERE KASYAPA BUDDHA'S ENTIRE SKELETON IS.
CHAPTER XXXIV
ON THE WAY BACK TO PATNA. VARANASI, OR BENARES. SAKYAMUNI'S
CHAPTER XXXV
DAKSHINA, AND THE PIGEON MONASTERY.
CHAPTER XXXVI
IN PATNA. FA-HIEN'S LABOURS IN TRANSCRIPTION OF MANUSCRIPTS, AND INDIAN STUDIES FOR THREE YEARS.
CHAPTER XXXVII
TO CHAMPA AND TAMALIPTI. STAY AND LABOURS THERE FOR THREE YEARS.
CHAPTER XXXVIII
AT CEYLON. RISE OF THE KINGDOM. FEATS OF BUDDHA. TOPES AND MONASTERIES. STATUE OF BUDDHA IN JADE. BO TREE.
CHAPTER XXXIX
CREMATION OF AN ARHAT. SERMON OF A DEVOTEE.
CHAPTER XL
AFTER TWO YEARS TAKES SHIP FOR CHINA. DISASTROUS PASSAGE TO JAVA;