The record of Xuanzang (Hsuen-Tsung)buddist pilgrim from Bamiyan

Abstract

The Chinese monk that name was Xuanzang that he traveled overland started at 627 AD from the China country to Indian sub-continent also in Bamiyan province (central part of Afghanistan) that there are a lot of Buddhist caves and two big sculpture of Buddha, to obtain Buddhist scriptures. He returned to China in 643, he find some Buddhist art and precious manuscripts and notes the social, political, economic and cultural situation of Bamiyan indigenous resident, that his memories translated to English by other Historians and geographers. Also during his travels from china to the country of eastern china, he visited places that we today know as Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and the main goals of Xuanzang was India first country that Buddhism flourished and extent to the other country and second purpose of him was Bamiyan second capital of Buddhism. He was one Buddhist pilgrim and his research was about Buddhist sculpture and caves of Buddhist monks in Bamiyan. In the seven century Bamiyan was a large center for Buddhism religion during Kushan dynasty. The main work of him was about the idea and art of Buddhism between China India and extent of the Buddhism religious during the early Tang dynasty, he also found some information about the Silk Road in the 7th century AD. Key word: Xuanzang, Bamiyan, china, Buddhism, India, Royal city and monast