Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.65

v1.c6.65

Both in ancient India and China, knowledge and skills in architecture were well-developed. The knowledge of Buddhist art and architecture was introduced in China by Indians monks who came to China to propagate Buddhism and Chinese monks who visited India to seek Dharma. Xuanzang’s *Da tang xi yu ji* (*Travelling Notes of the Western Regions in the Great Tang Dynasty*) notes in detail the architecture of a Buddhist temple in the famous Nalanda Monastery. Volume I of Yi Jing’s *Da tang xi yu qiu fa gao seng zhuan* (*Biographies of the Venerable