This story appears in the June 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. The human skeletons were piled up like signposts in the sand. For Xuanzang, a Buddhist monk traveling the Silk Road in A ...
It was built in 669 during the Tang Dynasty to bury Buddhist priest Xuanzang's remains. In 828 it was rebuilt as it is today. The five-storey brick pagoda has a square ground plan, with each side ...
Commenting on the figures provided by Xuanzang and Yijing regarding the number of students at Nalanda Mahavihara, Frederick ...
Prayagraj, which will be hosting the Maha Kumbh, has been a favoured destination for people from China for nearly 1,400 years, as mentioned by famous Chinese traveller Xuanzang in his writings.