Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.34

v2.c13.34

During this period, overland communications between India and China continued. A passage from the *Songshi Tianzhu zhuan* noted that in 965 CE, the monk Daoyuan of Cangzhou returned from the west, crossing numerous mountains and rivers on the way. Similarly, the monk Xingqin and 157 people went to the western region in search of Buddhist scriptures. They are recorded as having “crossed the prefectures of Gan, Sha, Yi, Su and so on (in present-day Gansu Province), the kingdoms of Yanqi, Guici (Kucha), Yutian (Khotan), Geluo (in present-day Xinjiang Province), and through countries like Bulusha and Jiashimiluo (Kashmir)”. Indian monks also travelled to China using this route.