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Xuanzang (Chinese: 玄奘; Wade–Giles: Hsüen Tsang; [ɕɥɛ̌n.tsâŋ]; 6 April 602 – 5 February 664), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (陳褘 / 陳禕), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, [1] was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator.
Xuanzang is a 2016 Chinese-Indian historical adventure film that dramatizes the life of Xuanzang (602—664), a Buddhist monk and scholar. [5] The film depicts his arduous nearly two-decade overland journey to India during the Tang dynasty on a mission to bring Buddhist scriptures to China, largely related to the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West.
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The gifts from Bhaskaravarman to Harshavardhana contained mostly products of the land—royal umbrella of exquisite workmanship studded with valuable gems, puthis written on Sachi-bark, dyed cane-mats, Agar-essence, musk in silk-bags, liquid molasses in earthen-pots, utensils, paintings, a pair of Brahmini ducks in a cage made of cane and ...
The Rancho Mirage Library was dedicated in 2006. [2] The Observatory was opened on March 25, 2018, [3] and recently celebrated its 5-year anniversary. The Library and Observatory hosts regular viewing parties and daytime observatory tours. [4]
A "Tseh-kia" kingdom is mentioned by Hiuen-Tsang (631-643 A.D.). [5] [8] It is mentioned by him as situated towards east of Gandhara. The Chach Nama (history of Sindh) mentions it as Tak. [9] The earliest Muslim author who mentions the kingdom is a merchant named Sulaiman. He visited the area before 851 AD, when his account was written.
The city of Rancho Mirage considers the property to be “rich with historical significance” and declared Sunnylands a historic site in 1990. [3] Located at Frank Sinatra and Bob Hope Drives, [2] the property has been the vacation site of numerous celebrities and public officials. Sunnylands is sometimes referred to as the "Camp David of the ...
The first book to achieve a sale price of greater than $1 million was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible which sold for $2.4 million in 1978. The most copies of a single book sold for a price over $1 million is John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827–1838), which is represented by eight different copies in this list.