Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.30
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.30
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When Xuanzang travelled to India in search of scriptures, he also took the western route as did several other monks during the Tang period. Monks from the West who came to China to transmit the teachings of the *dharma* also travelled via this route. The Tang emissary, Wang Xuance, used this route as well as the "Turpan route".