INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -c The travel account of Fa-hien is known as Fokwo-ki. Fa-hien or Faxian AD 399 – 413: Fa-hien was the first Chinese monk to travel to India in search of great Buddhist scriptures.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fa-hien, a Chinese pilgrim, 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. He, therefore, travelled through the Gupta empire and also wrote down his impressions about India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fa Hien was one of the earliest Chinese pilgrims to visit India. He was a Buddhist monk and a religious translator who started his journey by foot at the age of 60, visiting religious sites in Southern, Southeast, and Central Asia from 399 to 412 CE of which ten years were spent in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fa-Hien was a Chinese pilgrim, who traveled all over India for more than 13 years. The title of the book that he wrote about India was, Fo-Kwo-Ki (The Travels of Fa-Hien).