INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following Chinese pilgrim gives account of the First Gupta Ruler?
A
Fa Hien
B
Huen Tsang
C
Itsing
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Yijing or I-tsing, was a Tang-era Chinese Buddhist monk famed as a traveler and translator. His account of his travels is an important source for the history of the medieval kingdoms along the sea route between China and India. He gave account of the first gupta ruler Srigupta .

Detailed explanation-2: -The famous Chinese pilgrim, Fahien visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II. Out of his nine years of stay in India, he spent six years in the Gupta empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -Faxian. Faxian (or Fa Hsien etc.), a Chinese Buddhist, was one of the pilgrims who visited India during the reign of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II.

Detailed explanation-4: -Faxien, also spelt as Fa-Hien, was the first Chinese traveller to visit India in the early fifth century. The purpose of his visit was to look for texts sacred to Buddhism.

Detailed explanation-5: -Faxian ( [fà. ɕjɛ̀n]; 337 CE – c. 422 CE), also referred to as Fa-Hien, Fa-hsien and Sehi, was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator who traveled by foot from China to India to acquire Buddhist texts.

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