Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s5.t10.8

v1.c7.s5.t10.8

From the perspective of historical development of India-China exchanges, there are many highlights in Datang Xiyu Qiufa Gaoseng Zhuan. For example, the route from Chang'an in Tang Dynasty to India, going by Gansu, Xinjiang, Central Asia and other regions now, is the uppermost land route between India and China since the Han Dynasty ie the Silk Road. *Tang Western Regions* and *Stories of Master Xuanzang in Da Ci'en Temple*, a book recording personal experience of Xuanzang, has rather specific records on this route; but Great Monk's Biography Who Seek the Doctrine from Tang to India has not much record on it. However, the latter covers fairly specific records on communication from the South Seas to India and roads, which were newly built in Tang Dynasty and went by Tibet and Nepal and arrived in India. All these information reflects new trends and new situations of India-China exchanges in Early Tang Dynasty and later.