Kumarajiva in Chang'an
A monk from Kucha translates Buddhist sutras into Chinese
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In 401 the ruler of Later Qin brought the learned monk Kumarajiva from Kucha to Chang'an. With hundreds of assistants he translated some 35 works, including the Lotus and Diamond sutras; Buddhists in China, Korea and Japan still read them in his versions.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 378 Battle of Adrianople — 23 years earlier
- 395 Division of the Roman Empire — 6 years earlier
- 410 Sack of Rome by the Visigoths — 9 years later
Middle East
- c. 405 Mesrop Mashtots creates the Armenian alphabet — 4 years later
Africa
- c. 397–400 Augustine's Confessions — 4 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Augustine of Hippo (aged 47)
- Hypatia (aged 41)