大唐天竺使出銘

Inscription of the Great Tang Envoy to India (Kyirong)

Cliff inscription found in 1990 near Kyirong (southern Tibet) recording Wang Xuance's passage to India in 658 (Xianqing 3); the earliest Chinese inscription in Tibet.

Language

Classical Chinese

Date

658 CE

Author

王玄策

Place

Kyirong (Skyid grong)

Text

not yet digitised (catalogue entry)