Wang Xuance

Wang Xuance (zh-c|c=王玄策, fl. 7th century) was a Tang Dynasty guard officer and diplomat. In 648, Tang Taizong sent him to India in response to Harshavardhana sending an ambassador to China. However once in India he discovered Harshavardhana had died and the new king attacked Wang and his 30 mounted subordinates. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=04S4YdDarD0C&pg=RA1-PA336&dq=%22wang+xuance&lr=&sig=EzusDeHLJ9ywRmA3v6y0asQaXg8 The Hutchinson Dictionary of Ancient & Medieval Warfare By Matthew Bennett, Peter Connoll: pg 336] ] This led to Wang Xuance escaping to Tibet and then mounting a joint of over 7,000 Nepalese mounted infantry and 1,200 Tibetan infantry and attack on the Indian state on June 16. The success of this attack won Xuance the prestigious title of the "Grand Master for the Closing Court." [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=blBTHAY_A4wC&pg=PA23&dq=%22wang+xuance&sig=jBnTJtQzqzNv0Ny_8Emcbc1w2wI Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations ... By Tansen Sen, pg 23] ] He also secured a reported Buddhist relic for China. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=frIEAAAAYAAJ&q=%22wang+xuance&dq=%22wang+xuance&pgis=1 The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies By International Association of Buddhist Studies] ]

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