Ep. 76 | Buddhism and the Silk Road

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2012

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Another fortnight, another China History Podcast. We return to the Silk Road and focus our attention on the monk Xuanzang. His was an interesting life. Through looking at Xuanzang you can truly gain a sense of the importance of Buddhism in China, India and almost the entirety of Central Asia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.0	Hi everyone, Lasla Montgomery again, coming your way as always from the China History
1:05.3	Podcast.com, but not every week as advertised. Lightning strikes twice and once again were a couple weeks in between episodes.
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1:17.8	After our little Shiching ping interlude, we're heading back to the Silk Road to see what else there is to
1:24.5	know. In the first part of this Silk Road series we did that general overview of
1:29.7	the geography of the Silk Road and who the major players were. Our focus was at the trade of luxury goods and other kinds of products and we took another look at the always entertaining and awe inspiring life of Jung Chin, but the Silk Road, it was more than a trade route.
1:56.3	It was the main conduit for ideas and information that went back and forth between the
2:02.0	far east and the far west.
2:05.0	These ideas included everything Buddhism had to offer as well as the introduction of other religions.
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