Study and conversion at Kashgar
· Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
While returning toward Kucha with his mother, Kumārajīva spent more than a year at Kashgar. There he studied Sarvāstivādin materials and encountered Mahāyāna teachers, including Sūryasoma and Buddhayaśas. Arrival year is inferred from the reported birth year and his departure at age twelve; the source specifies a stay of more than one year.
