Question

Write 3 points on Fa hien with details

Answer 1

Answer:

It was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator who traveled by foot from Ancient China to Ancient India, visiting many sacred Buddhist sites in Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia between 399-412 to acquire Buddhist texts. His journey is described in his important travelogue, A Record of Buddhist Kingdoms, Being an Account by the Chinese Monk Fa-Xian of his Travels in India and Ceylon in Search of the Buddhist Books of Discipline. Other transliterations of his name include Fa-Hien, and Fa-hsien.

Answer 2

Fa-Hein was a Chinese Buddhist monk & translator who travelled by foot from Ancient China to Ancient India, visiting several sacrosanct Buddhist sites in Central Asia,

Explanation:

• Fa-Hien became the first Chinese monk to visit India, searching for great Buddhists scriptures. He traveled, mainly by foot, at the age of 65 from Central China via  Dunhuang, Shenshen, & Khotan .and then across the Himalayas, to Peshawa & Gandhara.
• At the beginning of the 5th century CE, Fa- Hein wrote a book on his travels that were full of early Buddhism narratives., the history and geography of many nations along the Silk Road. He wrote about cities in Middle India such as  Patliputra, Taxila,Kannauj & Mathura He also wrote about how Middle India people like Chinese people eat and dress. Patliputra has been declared a very thriving town as per his writings
• For almost three years Fa-hien lived in Pataliputra studying Sanskrit. He mentioned that both the Hinayana and the Mahayana sects had separate sanghas, which offered education to students from all parts of India.