Travels of Fa Hsien 399 414 A.d., Or Record of the Buddhistic Kingdom

Klappentext This 1923 edition of The Travels of Fa-hsien was translated into English by H. A. Giles (1845-1935). Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1923! this edition of The Travels relates the story of Fa-Hsien's journey from Central China across the Gobi Desert! over the Hindu Kush! and through India to the mouth of the Hoogly. It will be of value to anyone with an interest in Buddhism and Chinese literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Bibliographical note; Terms used by Fa-hsien; Record of the Buddhistic kingdoms; Note; From the descriptive catalogue of the imperial library, published 1795; Index; Map of the travels of Fa-hsien.

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• Authors: H. A. Giles
• Assisted by: H. A. Giles (Translation), Herbert Allen Giles (Translation), Giles H. A. (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.01.2012
• EAN: 9781107685321
• ISBN: 978-1-107-68532-1
• No. of pages: 116
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; China, RELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, Buddhism, India, Worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory