Bodhidharma is one of the most influential Indian Buddhist monk which have a great impact on China.The teachings of Bodhidharma changed china forever. The time period of Bodhidharma was traced from 450 A.D to 600 A.D. The earliest historical reference of Bodhidharma is the "Luoyang jia lan ji " written by Yang Xuanzhi in 547 A.D. Bodhidharma is believed to have born in kanchipuram , Madras (disputed !),in the kingdom of Pallava king . The meaning of Bodhidharma in India is ---Bodhi ( enlightening ) + Dharma (Religion ). Bodhidharma left his monastery in India to follow his master's last wish that he go to China and spread the teaching. Bodhidharma started his journey from South India to Indonesia...Malaysia and than China . Some say he traveled by sea, “risking his life over the towering waves,” from Madras in southern India to Guangzhou and then by land to Nanjing. Other scholars believe that he walked a well-beaten trail over the Pamir Plateau, a