The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s2.274

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China—1. China. It is mentioned in the *Mahâbhârata* (Sabhâ P., ch. 51) and *Manu* (ch. X, ślk. 44). In the mediæval period, it was called Mahâchîna. The great wall of China was built by Che Hwang-te in 214 B. C. During the reign of the Emperor Ming-te, Kâśyapamâtaṅga and Dharmaraksha were the first Indian Buddhists who went to China (67 A. D.). In the fourth century A.D., the Buddhist religion spread among the Chinese, and the first Buddhist Pagoda was built at Nanking by the Emperor Hian Wu in 381 A. D. (*Edkin's Chinese Buddhism*, ch. vi). 2. Anam (*Sâhitya-Parishat-Patrikâ*, 1321 B. s, p. 63).