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The 37 pages that link to Xuanzang, each with the reason it gives.

• Silk RoadRelated: His pilgrimage account is a primary source for the oases and kingdoms along the route.

• Chinese BuddhismRelated: His journey and translations renewed Chinese access to Indian Buddhist scholarship.

• Buddhist pilgrimageRelated: His travel account documents Buddhist sacred sites and pilgrimage landscapes in India.

• PrajnaparamitaRelated: His Chinese translation of the Heart Sutra became especially influential.

• Journey to the WestRelated: The novel transforms this historical pilgrim into its central religious protagonist.

• Zhang QianRelated: The most celebrated later traveler over the same Central Asian corridors Zhang Qian opened.

• Chang'anRelated: Xuanzang returned to Chang'an, where he translated texts at the imperially supported Da Ci'en Temple.

• HarshaRelated: His account is a major source on Harsha’s court and administration.

• DunhuangRelated: His illegal westward exit passed through this region; murals at Dunhuang celebrate his journey.

• PataliputraRelated: His account documents Pataliputra after its period as an imperial capital.

• Chinese Buddhist CanonRelated: His translations and textual scholarship added major works to the Chinese collection.

• VasubandhuRelated: His translations and commentaries carried Vasubandhu’s works into Chinese Buddhist scholarship.

• Heart SutraRelated: Xuanzang’s Chinese rendering became the best-known version of the sutra.

• Western Turkic KhaganateRelated: His account describes the western Turkic court and its ruler during the khaganate’s powerful period.

• DharmapālaRelated: Xuanzang transmitted Dharmapāla’s interpretation to China through translation and scholarship.

• KuchaRelated: His description records Kucha’s rulers, monasteries, and religious customs.

• Nalanda MahaviharaRelated: His account provides a detailed early description of Nalanda and its studies.

• PudgalavādaRelated: His account supplies later evidence about Pudgalavāda schools and their doctrines.

• Silk Road transmission of BuddhismRelated: His journey and translations linked Chinese Buddhist scholarship with Indian sources.

• Xi'anRelated: His journeys began and ended in Tang Chang'an, where his translations shaped Buddhist scholarship.

• Diamond SutraRelated: He produced another Chinese translation of the Diamond Sutra.

• Kumbh MelaRelated: His account describes a large ruler-sponsored gathering at Prayaga, often compared with later festivals.

• Swat ValleyRelated: His account records Buddhist communities and places in the region of Uḍḍiyāna, commonly associated with Swat.

• Sun WukongRelated: Sun Wukong protects him during the pilgrimage that structures the novel.

• Kingdom of KhotanRelated: His account reports on Khotan’s Buddhist landscape and political life.

• Jade Gate PassRelated: His unlawful night crossing near the pass is among its most famous recorded departures.

• Pushyabhuti dynastyRelated: His account describes Harsha’s court, territories, and religious patronage.

• AśvaghoṣaRelated: His account preserves traditions about Aśvaghoṣa’s place in Indian Buddhist history.

• Wu Cheng'enRelated: His historical pilgrimage supplies the story’s central journey.

• Decline of Buddhism in the Indian subcontinentRelated: His account documents a still-extensive Buddhist landscape before its later contraction.

• East Asian YogācāraRelated: His translations and teaching established the textual basis for the Faxiang school.

• Maitraka dynastyRelated: His account is a key source for Valabhi’s prominence as a center of learning.

• OddiyanaRelated: His account of Uḍḍiyāna informs reconstructions of the region’s historical geography.

• Yi XingRelated: His translations and travels exemplify the Buddhist networks through which astronomical knowledge circulated.