A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms (Summarized Edition)

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms recounts Faxian's 399–414 CE pilgrimage from China across the Silk Road to India and Sri Lanka in search of authoritative Vinaya. Written in spare Classical Chinese that favors observation over ornament, it describes monasteries, relic cults, charitable institutions, and the state of sites linked to the Buddha. Noting routes from Tamralipti to Ceylon and Yavadvipa a...