Xuanzang’s arduous journey served as the real-life inspiration for the classic Ming dynasty novel, Journey to the West .
If you are looking for a copy of this text, it is available in several scholarly formats: The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Re...
Modern archaeologists have used its precise descriptions of distances and landmarks to rediscover major ancient sites, including the Nalanda Monastery , the Ajanta Caves , and the Sarnath Temple . including the Nalanda Monastery