234. Indian Pandits in the Land of Snow

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It is an undoubted fact that Buddhism found its way intoCentral and Eastern Asia, from Aryavarta (India); ages have elapsed since then;the almost insurmountable physical barriers which separated India and CentralAsia, and the want of intercourse and sympathy between these strange peoples anthe Indians tended, in course of time, to obliterate the traces of the onwardmarch of Buddhism from this country. The connecting link, missing to all appearance,nevertheless existed and was to be found in the sacred books of the Tibetans andthe Chinese, which threw some light on this subject; but the labours of theIndian pandits in the propagation of Buddhism in the North and the far East,have been hitherto buried in oblivion, and it has been the earnest endeavour ofthe author to unearth them. It is to be hopedthat the information which he has brought to light will draw the attention of thepublic to this important subject.