Why was xuanzang called the prince of pilgrims.How do travellers help us in studying this period.
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During the journey he visited many sacred Buddhist sites in what are now India, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. He was born in what is now Henan province on 6 April 602, and from boyhood he took to reading religious books, including the Chinese classics and the writings of ancient sages.
While residing in the city of Luoyang (in Henan in Central China), Xuanzang was ordained as a śrāmaṇera (novice monk) at the age of thirteen
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