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Srivijaya's Debt to a Chinese Monk: Yijing's Hidden Record
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the remarkable travelogue of the Chinese Buddhist monk Yijing, who stopped in Srivijaya in 671 CE on his way to Nalanda. Yijing's account, the Nanhai Jigui Neifa Zhuan, offers a rare ground-level view of Srivijaya's capital Palembang — its bustling port, its thriving Buddhist community, and its role as a center of study where he learned Sanskrit and copied scriptures. Lucas explains how Yijing's writings corroborate the Kedukan Bukit inscription, detail the kingdom's cosmopolitan mix of traders from China, India, and the Middle East…
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