A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms

The chapter divisions are those in the text used by Legge. The titles are his, with minor editorial changes.

Critical Background (Read this!)
Father Wieger's Biography of Fǎxiǎn
Chapter 1: From Cháng’ān to the Sandy Desert
Chapter 2: On to Shànshàn; From Shànshàn to Yútián
Chapter 3: Yútián; Processions of Images; The King’s New Monastery.
Chapter 4: Through the Cōng or “Onion” Mountains to Jiéchā
Chapter 5: Great Quinquennial Assembly of Monks; Relics of The Buddha; Productions of the Country
Chapter 6: On Towards North India; Image of Maitreya Bodhisattva
Chapter 7: Crossing of the Indus.; When Buddhism First Crossed the River for the East.
Chapter 8: Wūcháng. Monasteries and Their Ways.; Traces of the Buddha.
Chapter 9: Sùhēduō and a Legend of the Buddha.
Chapter 10: Gandhara and Legends of the Buddha.
Chapter 11: Takshasila’s Legends; The Four Great Stupas.
Chapter 12: Purushapura; Prophecy About King Kanishka and His Stupa.; The Buddha’s Alms-Bowl.; Death of Huìyīng.
Chapter 13: Nagara.; Festival of the Buddha’s Skull-Bone.; Other Relics and His Shadow.
Chapter 14: Death of Huìjǐng in the Little Snowy Mountains.; Rohi & Bannu: Crossing the Indus to the East.
Chapter 15: Bhida: Sympathy of Monks With the Pilgrims.
Chapter 16: On to Muttra; Condition and Customs of Central India; Of Monks, Viharas, and Monasteries
Chapter 17: Sankasya; The Buddha’s Ascent to and Descent From the Trayastrimsas Heaven; Other Legends.
Chapter 18: Kanyakubja; Buddha’s Preaching.
Chapter 19: Shāchí: Legend of Buddha’s Danta-Kashtha.
Chapter 20: Kosala and Sravasti; The Jetavana Vihara; Sympathy of the Monks With the Pilgrims; Other Memorials and Legends of the Buddha
Chapter 21: The Three Predecessors of Sakyamuni in Buddhaship
Chapter 22: Kapilavastu and Its Desolation.; Legends of Buddha’s Birth; Other Incidents in Connexion With It
Chapter 23: Rama and Its Stupa.
Chapter 24: Where Buddha Finally Renounced the World and Where He Died.
Chapter 25: Vaisali; The Stupa Called “Weapons Laid Down.”; The Council of Vaisali.
Chapter 26: Remarkable Death of Ananda.
Chapter 27: Pataliputtra, in Magadha; King Asoka’s Spirit-Built Palace and Halls.; The Buddhist Brahman: Radha-Sami; Dispensaries and Hospitals.
Chapter 28: Rajagriha, New and Old.; Legends and Incidents Connected With It
Chapter 29: Gridhra-Kuta Hill and Its Legends.; Fǎxiǎn passes a Night on It; His Reflections
Chapter 30: The Srataparna Cave, or Cave of the First Council; Legends; Suicide of a Bhikshu
Chapter 31: Gaya; Sakyamuni’s Attaining to Buddhaship; Other Legends.
Chapter 32: Legend of King Asoka in a former Birth and His Naraka.
Chapter 33: Mount Gurupada, Where the Kasyapa Buddha’s Entire Skeleton Is
Chapter 34: On the Way Back to Patna; Varanasi, or Benares; Sakyamuni’s First Doings After Becoming a Buddha
Chapter 35: Dakshina and the Pigeon Monastery
Chapter 36: In Patna.; Fǎxiǎn’s Labours in Transcription of Manuscripts, and Indian Studies for Three Years
Chapter 37: To Champa and Tamalipti; His Stay and Labours There for Three Years; Fǎxiǎn Takes a Ship to Singhala, or Ceylon
Chapter 38: Ceylon: Rise of the Kingdom; Feats of Buddha; Stupas and Monasteries; Statue of Buddha in Jade; Bo Tree; Festival of Buddha’s Tooth
Chapter 39: Cremation of an Arhat; Sermon of a Devotee
Chapter 40: After Two Years Fǎxiǎn Takes Ship for China; Disastrous Passage to Java and Thence to China; Fǎxiǎn Arrives at Shāndōng and Goes to Nánjīng; Fǎxiǎn’s Summing Up; Conclusion or l’Envoi by Another Writer

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