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# Wang Xuance (王玄策)

Tang envoy who went to India three or four times (643–661); in 648 he raised troops in Tibet and Nepal against the usurper of Harṣa's throne and brought him captive to Chang'an.

## Works (2)

- [中天竺國行記](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.cn.tang.wang-xuance) — Classical Chinese; 655–664 CE; lost
- [大唐天竺使出銘](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.cn.tang.kyirong-inscription) — Classical Chinese; 658 CE; catalogued, text not yet digitised

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