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Question
There are many literary sources to reconstruct the Age of the Guptas. In this context explain the literary accounts of Fa-Hien.
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Solution
The Literary accounts of Fa-hien: Fa-hien was a renowned Chinese traveller and pilgrim, known for his extensive travel through out India during the year 399 and returned to his homeland China in the year 414. Fa-Hien came to India with a view to tracing the origin of Buddhist religion. As a part of his tour he visited various Buddhist shrines and interacted with prominent religious persons. The account Fa-hien wrote on his travel in India throws a valuable insight into the history of the land in ancient times. It describes his encounter with the people belonging to various dynasties and kingdoms. It contains a description of the famous places in India. It is a valuable resource to the researches studying the Buddhist religion and ancient history of the land.
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