Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c13.s4.t5.5

v2.c13.s4.t5.5

Volume II first summarises the situation of India and then introduces the condition of the three countries. The contents of the summary include 17 points such as name (origin of India), territory, quantity (length unit), time (name and calculation method of the day and night, month, season, year), residence (living conditions of different social classes), clothes, food and drink, writings, education, Buddhism, family with same surname, (ie caste), military tactics (including arms and weapons), criminal law, ceremony, illness and death (including the treatment of illness and rituals after death) and taxes. This summary is scheduled from the point of the official entry of Xuanzang to India. It records the situation of three countries which are now in northwest India, ie present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan.