gandhara. legends of buddha.

the travellers, going downwards from this towards the east, in five days came to the country of gandhara,1 the place where dharma-vivardhana,2 the son of asoka,3 ruled. when buddha was a bodhisattva, he gave his eyes also for another man here;4 and at the spot they have also reared a large tope, adorned with layers of gold and silver plates. the people of the country were mostly students of the hinayana.