CHP-076 Buddhism and the Silk Road – Xuanzang




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Summary: Another fortnight, another China History Podcast. We return to the Silk Road and focus our attention on the monk Xuanzang. His was an interesting life. Through looking at Xuanzang you can truly gain a sense of the importance of Buddhism in China, India and almost the entirety of Central Asia. If not for the mechanism of the Silk Road, it's unlikely Buddhism could have spread as far and wide as it did.