Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c14.s4.t4.5

v2.c14.s4.t4.5

After reaching India on September 27 of lunar calendar of the Xianqing fifth year (660 CE), Wang Xuance built a stone tablet in the Mahabodhi Temple (Dajue Temple). On October 1st the same year, the abbot of the Mahabodhi Temple summoned a dharma assembly for Wang Xuance, and after that, Wang returned to China. In the Longshuo first year (661 CE), Wang Xuance presented usnisa sarira (Buddha parietal sarira) to the emperor.