Scroll presentation in the T'ang Dynasty -- The Sacred edict -- Chiang-Ching Wen -- India and China -- The word *myag in Old Sinitic -- Cheng Ch'iao's understanding of Sanskrit -- Buddhism and the rise of the written vernacular -- Southern bottle gourd (hu-lu) -- Ma jianzhong -- Xie He's "Six laws" of painting and their Indian parallels -- Horse sacrifices and sacred groves -- What is Geyi, after all?