Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s3.t4.5

v1.c6.s3.t4.5

Asian monsoon by quoting the historical data about the journey of an eminent monk, Fa Xian in Jin Dynasty to India by sea. He also compared the similarities and differences between Chinese and Indian constellations in *The Time and Place of the Origin of the 28 Lunar Mansions* (Thought and Times, Edition 34, 1944) and pointed out that Chinese and Indian 28 lunar mansions were of the same origin while Chinese 28 lunar mansions were originated from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. In November 1946, he went to Calcutta India and visited Visva-Bharati University and University of Calcutta, and was received by Tan Yunshan and Zhou Dafu et al.