New Delhi hosts launch of Ji Xianlin biography

NEW DELHI - The English and Hindi versions of China's renowned linguist, historian and author Ji Xianlin's biography, titled Ji Xianlin: A Critical Biography, was launched on Sept 21 at New Delhibased Jawaharlal Nehru University.

India bestowed one of its highest civilian awards, the Padma Bhushan, on Ji in 2008. His biography retraces the academic, professional and personal journey of the doyen of Indology, Buddhism and Orientalism in China.

B.R. Deepak, a professor at JNU's Center of Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies in the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, translated the book into both languages.