From the celebated journal T'oung Pao: This article, by the explorer Paul Pelliot, gives a handy summary of the history of Christianity in Central Asia and the Far East; its dissemination among the Onguts. the Chinese, the Kerait Mongols and the Alans, from the archaeological record and the evidence of such observers as John de Monte Corvino, Marco Polo, and Oderic of Pordenone. Illustration.