GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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To visit the holy places connected with Buddhism
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To amass wealth
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To know the geography of India
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To establish political ties with India
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Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: Hiuen Tsang’s visit to India was mainly aimed at acquiring awareness of Buddhism and collecting its religious texts. He slipped away from there in 629 A.D, as he did not get the permission of the Chinese emperor to visit India.
Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: Hiuen Tsang (also known as Xuanzang) was a Buddhist Monk and traveler who visited India in the 7th Century during the reign of King Harshavardhana, or Harsha I. He was born in Chen Yi in 602 and was the youngest of four children. She showed interest in being a Buddhist Monk at a very young age.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hiuen Tsang was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator. He is recognised for his important contributions to Chinese Buddhism, his travels from 629 to 645 CE in India, his efforts to bring over 657 Indian books to China, and his translations of some of these works.
Detailed explanation-4: -From Taxila, he went to Kashmir and then visited several places in India like Mathura, Kannauj, Sravasti, Ayodhya, Kapilvastu, Kusinagara, Sarnath, Vaisali, Pataliputra, Rajagraha, Bodha-Gaya and Nalanda. He remained at the University of Nalanda for about five years.