Modi's gifts to Xi Jinping

May 14, 2015 18:06

The Prime Minister today presented President Xi Jinping replicas of a stone casket of Buddhist relics and a stone statue of Buddha that were excavated from a 3rd -4th century AD stupa at Dev-ni-Mori -- a site 80 km east of Vadnagar, Gujarat -- in 1957. Vadnagar is Modi's hometown.

In addition, the Prime Minister presented archaeological drawings of excavations at Vadnagar which was one of the places visited by the great Chinese traveller Xuanzang -- also known as Hieun Tsang -- around 641 AD.

The Prime Minister visited the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda today where Xuanzang worked for years to translate the sutras that he brought to China from India.

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