"Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms-Being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline" is a classic Buddhist/Chinese history text by Fa Hien. The present work consists of three parts: the Translation of Fa-hien's Narrative of his Travels; copious Notes; and the Chinese Text of a copy from Japan.