Question

Discuss the returning journey of Fa Xian to his country China from the subcontinent.

Answer 1

Answer:

Sometime in 408 or 409, Faxian reportedly traveled on a mercantile ship from the port of Tamralipti, in eastern India, to Sri Lanka. After about two years' stay at the island, Faxian again boarded a seagoing vessel to return to China through Southeast Asia.

Answer 2

The returning journey of Fa Xian to his country China from the subcontinent was perilous.  

About Faxian’s return journey by sea:

• He took out for China after a two-year stay in Ceylon, but the dangers of the sea were severe.
• His ship was driven onto an island that was most likely Java by a strong storm.
• He boarded a new ship destined for Canton.
• Faxian's ship was blown to a port on the Shandong Peninsula after being blown astray by another storm instead of landing at the south China port.  
• Faxian spent more than 200 days at sea in all.

The period of Fa Xian’s journey to the Indian subcontinent

• 402 AD is the time during Fa Xian visited the Indian subcontinent.