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Srivijaya's Buddhist Pilgrims: Yijing and the Road to Nalanda
This episode follows the footsteps of the Chinese monk Yijing, who spent over a decade in Srivijaya studying Sanskrit and collecting Buddhist scriptures before traveling to Nalanda University in India. We explore his detailed travelogue, the network of monasteries in Southeast Asia that supported pilgrims, and how Srivijaya became a crucial hub for Buddhist learning between the 7th and 11th centuries. Lucas and Luna discuss the practical challenges of pilgrimage, the role of Srivijayan kings as patrons, and what Yijing's records reveal about the empire's connections to India, China…
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