Great Tang Records on the Western Regions
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Xuanzang's account of 138 lands he visited or heard of between China and India — still a key source for Central Asian and Indian history and archaeology.
On these timelines: The Silk Road & the Steppe, China, Master, Arts and Thoughts, India
More from The Silk Road & the Steppe
- Zhang Qian's mission to the West (138 BCE)
- The Great Game (1830)
- The Travels of Marco Polo (1298)
- Tang reopens the Silk Road (640)
- Spread of Buddhism along the Silk Road (100)
- Russian conquest of Central Asia (1865)
- Mogao Caves at Dunhuang (366)
- Independence of the Central Asian republics (1991)
Around 646
- Muhammad (570)
- Hijra (622)
- Tang dynasty (618)
- Arab conquest of the Maghreb (647)
- Muhammad's first revelation (610)
- Death of Muhammad (632)
- Battle of Yarmouk (636)
- Srivijaya Empire (650)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Silla unifies Korea (668)