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Buddhism: The Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms

by James Legge · James Legge (trans.)

Legge's translation of the travel account of the Chinese monk Faxian, who visited India and Sri Lanka in the early fifth century in search of monastic texts. It contains some of the earliest descriptions of the Buddhist holy places by a foreign pilgrim.

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