the three predecessors of sakyamuni in the buddhaship.

fifty le to the west of the city bring (the traveller) to a town named too-wei,1 the birthplace of kasyapa buddha.1 at the place where he and his father met,2 and at that where he attained to pari-nirvana, topes were erected. over the entire relic of the whole body of him, the kasyapa tathagata,3 a great tope was also erected.

going on south-east from the city of sravasti for twelve yojanas, (the travellers) came to a town named na-pei-kea,4 the birthplace of krakuchanda buddha. at the place where he and his father met, and at that where he attained to pari-nirvana, topes were erected. going north from here less than a yojana, they came to a town which had been the birthplace of kanakamuni buddha. at the place where he and his father met, and where he attained to pari-nirvana, topes were erected.