"O-YU-To (Ayodhya): This kingdom is 5000 li in circuit and the capital about 20 li. It abounds in cereals, and produces a large quantity of flowers and fruits. The climate is temperate and agreeable, the manners of the people virtuous and amiable; they love themselves to learning. There are about 100 sangharamas in the country and 3000 priests, who study both the books of the great and little Vehicle There are ten Deva temples; heretics of different schools are found in them, but few in number”"
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Yuan-Chwang, (’Si-Yu-Ki Buddhist Records of The Western World’ by Samuel Beal, book V, p. 225) quoted in Kishore, Kunal (2016). Ayodhyā revisited.
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