[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [China](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.cn) › [Tang](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.cn.tang) › 大唐天竺使出銘 # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/person/wang-xuance) - **Place:** Kyirong (Skyid grong) - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.cn.tang.kyirong-inscription](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.cn.tang.kyirong-inscription) · Pramāṇa