Kukai,“Sango Shiiki (三教指帰)”, 797 AD was the topic of an earlier blog post.
Xuanzang 玄奘 (602-664 AD), “The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions” was also the topic of an earlier blog post.
Here I present: Rupert Snell, “Beginner’s Hindi Script: An Introduction to Reading & Writing Hindi”, 2000 which was a beginners Hindi script textbook.
The above table shows the oldest universities in the World; and the Christian college of the University of Bologna, Italy founded 1088 AD is an extant school. The other universities listed are Buddhist colleges; and, Nalanda University in Bihar, India was founded in 427 AD. Xuanzang was a Chinese monk who brought Nalanda texts to the Qinlong Temple in Chang’an, China for printing. The Chinese had developed the “printing press” earlier than any other culture. Kukai was a Japanese monk that studied at Daigaku-ryo University in Nara, Japan. Kukai traveled to the Qinglong Temple in Chang’an, China; and, Kukai brought back to Japan Buddhist literature. Kukai introduced the “nagari-script” of Sanskrit to Japan. Later, Kukai invented the “kana” writing system for the Japanese language.
Nine “prehistoric” elements are: Au (gold), Ag (silver), Cu (copper), Fe (iron), Pb (lead), Sn (tin), Hg (mercury), S (sulfur), and C (carbon). These “prehistoric” elements were known to the ancients of both India & China in the Buddhist literature. A complete listing of 118 elements is shown in both Hindi, “nagari-script” (below) and Chinese (above).
