ABSTRACT
151 https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780429267949/a7894cf8-f1be-4da6-a5b8-25af3ccb2a6d/content/inline9.tif"/> The scene of xuanzang's greatest triumph in debate took place at the capital of King Harsha, on the Ganges River, in the twelfth month, 642 c.e. The pilgrim was at the height of his powers; he had consorted with kings, with the Great Khan, and with eminent Buddhist leaders. He had spent twelve or thirteen years crisscrossing the Indian continent, becoming one of the greatest metaphysicians of medieval Buddhism.
