Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c16.s1.t6.1

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Xuanzang Memorial Hall is erected on the ruins of Nalanda in the southeast of Bihar, India to commemorate Xuanzang, an eminent Buddhist monk, traveller, translator and founder of the Faxiang school. In 631, Xuanzang arrived in Magadha in the central India and went to Nalanda, then the religious centre of India and stayed there for five or six years to study Buddhist texts under Silabhatra and to teach. In 645 CE, he returned and brought 657 CE sutras back to Chang’an and then devoted to translation. He made a great contribution to India-China cultural exchange.