scription in an antique form of the Chinese character,which proves it to have been erected by Kublai, in honour of a Buddhist ecclesiasticcalled Yun-Hien. Yun - Hien was the abbot of one of those great minsters and * This distance is taken from a tracing of the map prepared for Dr. Bushells paper… … Heading In the Old Chinese Seal-Character, of an Inscription on a Memorial raised by KublAi-Kaan to a Buddhist Ecclesiastic in the vicinity of his Summer-Palace at Shang-tu in Mongolia. Reduced from a facsimile obtained on the spot by Dr. S. IV. Bushell, 1872.(About one-Fourth the Length and…
Polo, Marco, 1254-1323? · Yule, Henry, Sir, 1820-1889 · Genghis Khan, 1162-1227 · Polo family · Inscriptions, Chinese · Early maps · Mongols · Voyages and travels
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