The Silk Road journey with Xuanzang / Sally Hovey Wriggins.
The Silk Road journey with Xuanzang / Sally Hovey Wriggins.
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Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N294.392/ 16
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English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
1. The Pilgrim and the Emperor -- 2. The Oases of the Northern Silk Road -- 3. The Crossroads of Asia -- 4. The Land of India -- 5. Philosophers and Pirates in Northern India -- 6. The Buddhist Holy Land -- 7. Nalanda Monastery and Environs -- 8. Philosophers, Caves, and a Fortune-Teller -- 9. The J...
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Publisher
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
Colorado
Date Published
2003.
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"The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang tells the saga of the seventh-century Chinese monk Xuanzang, one of China's great heroes, who completed an epic sixteen-year-long journey to discover the heart of Buddhism at its source in India. Eight centuries before Columbus, this intrepid pilgrim traveled 10,000 miles on the Silk Road, meeting most of Asia's...
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The Silk Road journey with Xuanzang / Sally Hovey Wriggins.
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Rev. ed. of: Xuanzang. 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p.303-315) and index.
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Other version (online)
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N294.392/ 16
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74Vv5KaNOrPX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv5KaNOrPX
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ISBN
0813365996 (alk. paper)
9780813365992 (alk. paper)
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294.392
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991017658619702626
