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Buddhist Expansion Along Silk Road

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Yijing's travels, Indian study, and translations across Central and South Asia (671–695 CE)

671 - 695

12 entries

Xuanzang's pilgrimage, study in India, and translation work (629–645 CE)

629 - 664

13 entries

Translation activities and scriptoria at Kucha (3rd–8th century CE)

300 - 790

12 entries

The Dunhuang manuscript corpus: copying, preservation, and compilation (4th–11th century CE)

366 - 1994

12 entries

Tang dynasty policies and Buddhist administration in the Western Regions (7th–9th century CE)

640 - 848

14 entries

Southern Silk Road: Khotan–Kashgar–Kucha route (2nd–10th century CE)

101 - 1006

14 entries

Sogdian and bilingual Buddhist translations and inscriptions on the Silk Road (5th–10th century CE)

500 - 1011

12 entries

Northern Silk Road: Chang'an–Dunhuang corridor (2nd–10th century CE)

121 BCE - 1900

15 entries

Mogao Caves and the Dunhuang monastic community (4th–14th century CE)

366 - 1368

12 entries

Maritime Silk Road links from Gujarat/Gandhara to the Western Indian Ocean (1st–8th century CE)

6 - 750

12 entries

Kushan Empire patronage and institutionalization of Buddhism (1st–3rd century CE)

30 - 240

12 entries

Kizil Caves monastery complex and patronage in the Kuqa region (3rd–8th century CE)

300 - 2014

14 entries
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