Indian emigrants to China

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Vajrabodhi (, , 671–741 CE) was an Indian esoteric Buddhist monk and teacher in Nalanda and later in Tang China. He is one of the eight patriarchs in Shingon Buddhism as well as Zhenyan Buddhism. He is notable for introducing Vajrayana Buddhism in the territories of the Srivijaya Empire which subsequently evolved into a distinct form known as Indonesian Esoteric Buddhism.

Indian physicians dispatched to China to provide medical assistance during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938

thumb|right|300px|Main gate of the Shaolin temple in Henan. The dhyana master Buddhabhadra () was the first abbot of the Shaolin Monastery. His ancestral heritage was from Iranian descent via the silk road.

Dānapāla or Shihu (died 1017) was an Indian Buddhist monk and prolific translator of Sanskrit Buddhist sutras during the Song dynasty in China.