HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Benaras
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Pataliptura
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Mathura
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Ujjain
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the period of Hiuen Tsangs visit the city most famous for the production of cotton cloth was Mathura.
Detailed explanation-2: -In AD 637, Hiuen Tsang started from Lumbini and headed to Kushinagar, Sarnath, Varanasi, Vaishali, Patiputra (Patna), and Bodh Gaya. He also visited Champa Monastery in Bhagalpur. He spent about five years at Nalanda, the then great Indian University in the state of Bihar.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hiuen-Tsang’s work, the Xiyu Ji (Hsi-yu Chi), is the longest and most detailed account of the countries of Central and South Asia that has been bestowed upon posterity by a Chinese Buddhist pilgrim.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.