What did fa-hien say about people under pallava rule.
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Fa-hien – the Buddhist monk and traveller, visited the central part of India and wrote mainly about the cities of Pataliputra (where he stayed for a few years), Mathura and Kannauj. He visited during the reign of the Gupta King, Chandragupta II.
The Pallavas ruled the south of India between 275 – 897 AD. It was the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang who visited India during the rule of Narasimha Varma Mahamalla (630 – 668 AD). He wrote highly of the several monasteries in the kingdom. He mentioned that agriculture was abundant and the people were very happy under the King.
Fa-Hein was Chinese pilgrim whose main interest was in the religious and social beliefs.
His accounts rarely talk about the political condition during the Pallava rule.
Though with the help of the records, it has been deduced that the administration and the political condition was liberal and rulers looked for the welfare of the people.
People in the Pallava rule lived a happy and prosperous life with high public morality.
They mostly followed Hinduism and Buddhism during that era.
Huge donations were sent to temples, Sanghas and monasteries as a charity by the people.
Capital punishments were negligible and the case was usually solved by fining from the offender.