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Updated: May 9, 2025
The hill referred to is the sacred hill of Mihintale, about eight miles due east of the Bo tree; Davids' Buddhism, pp. 230, 231. But Fa-Hsien gives no intimation of Dharma-gupta's founding a school. South of the city seven le there is a vihara, called the Maha-vihara, where 3000 monks reside.
The excursion to Mihintale, eight miles distant, was made alone with a guide, at six in the morning, the other members of the party preferring another excursion.
One, known as Mihintale, about a thousand feet in height, dominates the ruins of the ancient city just described, and is so perpendicular that to reach its summit one must avail himself of the artificial steps cut in the solid rock.
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