Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.s4.t5.23

v2.c13.s4.t5.23

Both past and present Indian and foreign historians thus praise Xuanzang’s *Great Tang Records on the Western Regions* and unanimously agree that the book has been of great importance in rebuilding the history of India and Central Asia. Chinese scholar Ji Xianlin points out that “*Great Tang Records on the Western Regions* has already become the treasure of studying India’s history, philosophy, religion and literature, etc. We almost cannot find a book about ancient Indian studies without reference to *Great Tang Records on the Western Regions*.”