Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c4.s2.64

v1.c4.s2.64

In the 8^th^ century CE, three families from India served as court astronomers. They were Kasyapa, Kumara and Gautama. According to written records and archaeological information, Gautama family members lived in China for five generations in the sequence of Gautama Yi, Gautama Luo, Gautama Siddha, Gautama Zhuan and Gautama Yan while Gautama Yi had come to China from India in the early Tang Dynasty, four subsequent generations all served as royal astrologers in the Tang Dynasty.