Articles on Chinese Buddhist Translations
Indian Literature Abroad
By Prabhat Kumar Mukherji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926
This long essay discusses the spread of Indian literature, particularly Sanskrit texts, beyond the Indian subcontinent. The author begins by noting how Indian epics, dramas and philosophical works reached China and Southeast Asia through trade routes and the…
Indian Literature Abroad
By Prabhat Kumar Mukherji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1926
Indian Literature Abroad details the transmission of Indian Buddhist texts to China through key figures and translations. In 520 AD, Bodhidharma, the 28th Buddhist patriarch, arrived in Canton, establishing the Contemplative school without leaving written…
Indian Literature Abroad
By Prabhat Kumar Mukherji · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1925
How did Indian literature reach China? The article retells the story preserved in Chinese annals that Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han dreamt of a golden man flying over his palace. In 62 CE he sent envoys to the West to inquire about the Buddha. Two Indian…