Modern archaeologists have used its precise descriptions of distances and landmarks to rediscover major ancient sites, including the Nalanda Monastery , the Ajanta Caves , and the Sarnath Temple .
It provides rare firsthand details on the geography, politics, and customs of over 110 kingdoms during a period for which few other written records exist. The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Re...
The (known in Chinese as Da Tang Xiyu Ji ) is an essential 7th-century travelogue written by the Buddhist monk and scholar Xuanzang . Modern archaeologists have used its precise descriptions of