Showing posts with label Indian richness before invasion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indian richness before invasion. Show all posts

Monday, January 4, 2016

Wealth of saurastra(Gujrat) before British Invasion


Matrika era temple 6th century jamnagar gujrat
!! HIEUN TSANG ‘S ACCOUNT  ON  - ‘ VALLABHI ’ , (SAURASHTRA) !!

DURING THE REIGN OF VALLABHI KING- DHRUVSENA - 2 , OR OF LAST SHILADITYA , WHO WAS SURNAMED DHRUVBHATTA , THAT THE CHINESE BAUDH PILGRIM HIEUN TSANG VISITED WESTERN INDIA AND APPARENTLY VALLABHI IT SELF .( 635 – 638 AD. )
Sun temple 6 th century Drasanvel near Dwarika gujrat India 

HIS ACCOUNTS RUNS THUS :----
“ THE KINGDOM OF  ‘ Fa-Lapi ’ IS ABOUT  1200 MILES IN CIRCUIT ; THE CAPITAL HAS A CIRCUMFERENCE OF  6 MILES . AS TO THE PRODUCTS OF SOIL, NATURE OF THE CLIMATS , THE MANNERS AND CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE , THEY ARE LIKE THOSE OF Ma-La-Po ( MALWA ) . THE POPULATION IS VERY NUMEROUS , AND ALL THE FAMILIES LIVE IN WEALTH . THERE ARE A HUNDRED WHOSE WEALTH AMOUNTS TO A MILLION . THE RAREST MERCHANDIZE FROM DISTANT COUNTRIES IS FOUND HERE IN ABUNDANCE . 
Sankh Deru in 7th century near Porbsbdar Gujrat,India

THERE ARE A HUNDRED CONVENTS , WHERE NEARLY 6000 DEVOTEES LIVE , WHO FOR THE MOST PART STUDY THE DOCTRINES OF THE Ching-liang-pu ( SCHOOL OR NIKAYA OF THE SAMMATIYAS ) . WHICH ADHEROS TO THE ‘ LESSER TRANSLATION ‘ (HINAYANA) . WE COUNT SEVERAL HUNDRED TEMPLES OF THE GODS . AND THE HERETICS OF VARIOUS SECTS ARE EXCEEDINGLY NUMEROUS . “
Dhank Sun temple Matrika era 7 th century in Gujrat 

“WHEN THE TATHAGAT A ( BUDDHA ) LIVED IN THE WORLD , HE TRAVELLED OFTEN IN THIS REGION . WHEREFORE IN ALL THE PLACES WHERE THE BUDDHA RESTED , KING ASHOKA RAISED PILLARS IN HONOUR OF HIM , OR CONSTRUCTED STUPAS . WE OBSERVE AT INTERVELS THE MONUMENTS THAT MARK THE PLACES WHERE THE THREE PAST BUDDHAS HAD SAT , PERFORMED DEEDS , OR PREACHED THE LAW . “
“ THE KINGS OF THE PRESENT AGE ARE OF – Tsa-Ti-Li ( KSHATRIYA ) RACE ; ALL ARE NEPHEWS OF KING Shi-Lo-‘o-tie-to ( SHILADITYA ) OF MALWA . AT PRESENT ( ABOUT AD. 635 ) THE SON OF KING SHILADITYA OF  kie-jo-ka-she ( KANYAKUBJA ) , HAS A SON  IN-LOW CALLED  tu-lu-p’o-po-tu ( DHRUVAPATU ) HE IS A QUICK AND PASSIONATE NATURE , AND HIS INTELLECT IS WEAK AND  NARROW : STILL HE BELIEVES SINCERELY IN ‘THREE PRECIOUS THINGS ‘ . FOR SEVEN DAYS EVERY YEAR HE HOLDS A GREAT ASSEMBLY AT WHICH BE DISTRIBUTES TO THE MULTITUDE OF RECLUSES CHOICE DISHES, THE THREE GARMENTS , MEDICINE , THE SEVEN PRECIOUS THINGS , AND RARE OBJECTS OF GRAB VALUE . AFTER GIVING ALL THESE IN ALMS , HE BUYS THEM BACK AT DOUBLE PRICE . HE ESTEEMS VIRTUE AND HONOURS THE SAGES , HE REVERENCES RELIGION AND VALUES SCIENCE . THE MOST EMINENT HOLY MAN OF DISTANT COUNTRIES ARE ALWAYS OBJECTS OF RESPECT WITH HIM . “
Bhansara 7 th century junagarh, Matrika era 
“ AT A LITTLE DISTANCE FROM THE CITY THERE IS A GREAT CONVENT , BUILT LONG AGO BY THE CARE OF THE ARCHAT  ‘ ochs-lo ( ACHARA ) .  ( Dr. buhler has found mentioned in a grant of DHARASENA – 2 , as founded by ATHARYA not ‘ ACHARA ‘. As julien has transliterated the Chinese name . ) IT WAS THERE THAT THE BODHISATTVAS  te-hoe (GUNAMATI ) , AND kien-hei  (STHIRAMATI ) FIXED THEIR ABODE AND COMPOSED SEVERAL BOOKS WHICH ARE ALL PUBLISHED WITH PRAISE . “Kathie Brobeck