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