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Buddhist missionaries

  • An ShigaoThe name An Shigao carries a prefix that has puzzled historians for centuries. Some scholars believe the character An abbreviates Anxi, the Chinese…
  • Silk Road transmission of BuddhismIn the year 138 BCE, a Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian departed the Han capital of Chang'an on a mission to secure alliances against northern nomads.