[82] Ibid., p. 19.
[83] ‘Hiouen Thsang,’ vol. iii. p. 60.
[84] Buchanan Hamilton was told by the priests on the spot, in 1811, that it was planted there 2225 years ago, or B.C. 414, and that the temple was built 126 years afterwards, or in 289. Not a bad guess for Asoka’s age in a locality where Buddhism has been so long forgotten. Montgomery Martin’s ‘Eastern India,’ vol. i. p. 76.
[85] ‘Hiouen Thsang,’ vol. ii. pp. 464-468.
[86] ‘Archæological Reports,’ vol. i. p. 5.
[87] ‘Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,’ 1834, vol. iv. p. 214. See also Cunningham, ‘Archæological Reports,’ vol. i. p. 5, et seqq.
[88] ‘Hiouen Thsang, Festival of the three Religions at Allahabad in 643,’ vol. i. p. 254.
[89] A view of it is given, ‘Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,’ vol. iv. p. 122.
[90] Beal’s ‘Fa Hian,’ p. 35.
[91] ‘Vie et Voyages de Hiouen Thsang,’ vol. i. p. 83.