SSC
INDIAN HISTORY
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Question
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first century CE
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Fifth century BCE
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Fifth century CE
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none of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Faxian, Wade-Giles romanization Fa-hsien, original name Sehi, (flourished 399–414), Buddhist monk whose pilgrimage to India in 402 initiated Sino-Indian relations and whose writings give important information about early Buddhism.
Detailed explanation-3: -When Faxian, a Chinese Buddhist pilgrim monk, visited the city of Nalanda, there probably was no university yet. Faxian had come to India to acquire Buddhist texts, and spent 10 years in India in the early fifth century, visiting major Buddhist pilgrimage sites including the Nalanda area.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Chinese pilgrims came to India to visit places associated with the life and teachings of the Buddha as well as famous monasteries. They procured Buddhist religious books also.