Fa Hien

Fa Hien. Faxian Sketch map of FaHien’s Travels Faxian (337 – c 422 CE) was a Chinese Buddhist monk who travelled by foot all the way from China to India visiting many sacred Buddhist sites in what are now Xinjiang China Pakistan India Nepal Bangladesh and Sri Lanka His long jurney lasted between 399 AD to 412 AD.

FaHien was a Chinese Buddhist pilgrim who visited India during the Gupta period in the reign of Chandragupta Maurya II He travelled from China to India by foot via modern day Pakistan Nepal and Bangladesh.

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Fa Hien or Faxian (AD 399 – 413) FaHien was the first Chinese monk to travel to India in search of great Buddhist scriptures At the age of sixtyfive he travelled mostly on foot from Central China taking the southern route through Shenshen Dunhuang Khotan and then over the Himalayas to Gandhara and Peshawar.

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FAHIEN (fl AD 3994 1 4) Chinese Buddhist monk pilgrimtraveller and writer author of one of the earliest and most valuable Chinese accounts of India.

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Faxian (traditional Chinese 法顯 simplified Chinese 法显 pinyin Fǎxiǎn also romanized as FaHien Fahsien Fa Xian) (337 – c 422 CE) was a Chinese Buddhist monk who travelled by foot all the way from China to India visiting many sacred Buddhist sites in what are now Xinjiang China Pakistan India Nepal Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and between 399 and 412 to acquire Buddhist.