‘Journey to the West’: The Buddhist Reimagination of China

The Nirvana Route: How early encounters between India, China and Southeast Asia shaped Asian civilization.

The Buddhist Imperium of the Tang Dynasty

But Buddhism’s golden age in China was during the Tang, which in 618 AD took over from the short-lived Sui dynasty that had reunified China in 581 AD. It was during the Tang that Buddhism had a major impact on China’s imperial politics. Nothing attests to the politicization of Indian Buddhism in China more strikingly than the manner in which China got its first and only female emperor, Wu Zetian.

This article was written by Amitav Acharya

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