XUAN ZANG'S JOURNAL.

Sunday

Coin depicting the Greco-Bactrian king Euthydemus (230–200 BC)

The first major step in opening the Silk Road between the East and the West came with the expansion of Alexander the Great's empire into Central Asia. This later became a major staging point on the northern Silk Route.

"I would rather die going to the west than live by staying in the east."
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PROFILE

I amXUAN ZANG!
Chinese Name: 玄奘
Pin Yin: Xuán Zàng
BACKGROUND:
Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler and translator that brought up the interaction between China and India in the early Tang period.
Birth place & period: born near Luoyang, Henan in 1602

GOALS

A seventeen year trip to India,
to study with many famous Buddhist masters,
especially at the famous center of Buddhist learning at Nālanda University.

COMMENT

SOURCES

Dunhuang
Journey to the West
Laputan Logic
Pictures of Xuan Zang
The Mongols
The Silk Road
Wikepedia-The Silk Road
Wikepedia-Xuan Zang

MY PICTURE COLLAGE

Pictures of my Journey

DESIGNER

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