Bodhidharma, he writes, died at the banks of the Luo River, where he was interred by his disciple Dazu Huike, possibly in a cave. … Furthermore, citing the shore of the Luo River as the place of death might possibly suggest that Bodhidharma died in the mass executions at Heyin (河陰) in 528.
Was Bodhidharma a South Indian?
Bodhidharma was a South Indian prince, the third son of his father, who arrived in China after a harrowing three-year sea voyage during which he also broke journey in Indonesia (accounting for the Indonesian sources that mention him).