[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014) › v1.c8.22 # Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c8.22 Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c8.22 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v1.c8.22) From the beginning of the 7th century, more knowledge and information on the Indian languages was transmitted to China through the translations of Buddhist texts, and through the visit of a large number of Chinese monks to India in search of Buddhist scriptures. For example, the second volume of Xuanzang's \*Great Tang Records on the Western Region\* (《Da Tang Xi Yu ji》) introduces Panini's (vide the entry) 'phonology' 《Sheng Ming Lun》(vide the entry). The third volume of the \*Greater Grace Temple Tripitaka Master\* (《Da Ci-en Si San-zang Fashi Zhuan, vide the entry), mentions all the grammar that Xuanzang had learnt when he travelled through India. Again, in the fourth volume of the \*Western School of Law\* and in \*Account of Buddhism Dispatched from the South Seas\* (《Nan hai ji-gui neifa Zhuan》, vide the entry), there is a comprehensive - [Previous: v1.c8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v1.c8.21) - [Next: v1.c8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v1.c8.23) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v1.c8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.mea-2014.v1.c8.22) · Pramāṇa