The Schools Travel East

Transmission of school texts through Central Asia into China in the early centuries CE.

This page separates early textual evidence, modern scholarly discussion, and later readings. Historical study sits beside practice; it does not replace it.

The full article is available in Traditional Chinese.

Standing Gandharan Buddha, a statue type from the northwest route toward Central Asia
Gandharan Buddha from the northwest route

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