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0074 The Pulse of Asia : vol.1
アジアの鼓動 : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000233
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From prophecies of the future to legends of the past
is a far cry, but the two are closely related. Both alike
depend largely on climate. The earliest description of
Kashmir is that of Hwen Tsiang, a pious Chinese priest
of Buddhist faith, and a most keen observer. Being dis-
turbed by the discrepancies in the holy Buddhist books,
he traveled far and wide in China in order to consult
the most reliable manuscripts, but found no satisfaction.
Accordingly, he resolved on a pilgrimage to India, the
home of Buddha, where he hoped to learn the truth.
After many difficulties, occasioned first by the law prohib-
iting any Chinese from leaving their country and later by
the frightful deserts of western China, he reached India.
There he remained some years, making a pilgrimage to
all the holy places, much as certain Buddhists of high
rank from Japan have recently done. On his return to
China in 645 A. D. with many precious manuscripts, he
wrote a lively account of his journey, full of miracles and
wonders, but, nevertheless, very reliable. One of his stories
relates the traditional history of Kashmir. According to this
story, — which is repeated with fuller details by Kalhana,
a native historian of the twelfth century, whose works have
been translated by Stein, — Kashmir was long ago covered
by a lake, in which lived the demon Jalodbhava (Water-
born). The demon caused great distress to all neighboring
nations by devastations, the nature of which is not stated.
Finally Kasyapa, the father of all fountain-gods, heard of
this from his son Nila, the king of the Kashmir fountain-