NAGARA.

FESTIVAL OF BUDDHA'S SKULL-BONE.

OTHER RELICS, AND HIS SHADOW.
Going west for sixteen yojanas,( 1) he came to the city He-lo( 2) in the borders of the country of Nagara, where there is the flat-bone of Buddha's skull, deposited in a vihara( 3) adorned all over with gold-leaf and the seven sacred substances.

The king of the country, revering and honouring the bone, and anxious lest it should be stolen away, has selected eight individuals, representing the great families in the kingdom, and committing to each a seal, with which he should seal (its shrine) and guard (the relic).

At early dawn these eight men come, and after each has inspected his seal, they open the door.