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2020

beal's xiyuji

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Here is the digital version of “Datang Xiu Ji” - the descriptive geography of the “Western World” by Hiuen Tsang (Xuan Jang), translated by Samuel Beal. It is highly entertaining, different regions of India ca. ~630 AD are described with a lot of color.

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