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Longmen Shiku (Dragon Gate Grottoes), Province Henan Buddhist Masters Gallery: Xuanzang (602-664 AD) Contemporary sculpture Unknown |
Comments: During the late Tang Dynasty a concern grew about the incomplete and misinterpreted nature of the present Buddhist scrip- tures. To obtain the primary sources, this famous monk, scholar and translator completed 17-year overland journey to India (629-645 AD). |
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