HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Question
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visit the Buddhist institutions and to collect copies of Buddhist manuscripts
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get full knowledge about the condition of peasants during the period of Gupta kings
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learn about the administrative system of the Gupta kings
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understand the social position of women during the Gupta period
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is to visit the Buddhist institutions and collect copies of Buddhist manuscripts. He was a Chinese pilgrim, who visited India during the reign of Chandra Gupta II. His primary aim was to visit the Buddhist religious places and to take with him the copies of the Buddhist religious texts.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 399 CE, about age 60, Faxian was among the earliest attested pilgrims to India. He set out with nine others to locate sacred Buddhist texts. He visited India in the early fifth century. He is said to have walked all the way from China across the icy desert and rugged mountain passes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Fa-Hien who is also known as Faxian was a Chinese Buddhist devotee who was the wanderer who travelled to India during the term of Chandragupta-II. It is known that he visited several other Asian countries, not only India, in order to explore Buddhism and Buddhist texts.
Detailed explanation-4: -The famous Chinese pilgrim, Fahien visited India during the reign of Samudragupta.
Detailed explanation-5: -Fa-Hein visited India during the time of Chandragupta II. He especially visited the religious cities of India. Mathura, Kannauj, and Kapilavastu are the three places of pilgrimage among the cities that visited him.