Question

Discuss in short the visit of Xuan Zang to India.

Answer 1

(1) Xuan Zang came to India about 1400 years ago. He came to visit places associated with the life of the Buddha, as well as, famous Buddhist monasteries.
(2) He took the land route back to China through the north-west, and Central Asia. He carried back with him statues of the Buddha made of gold, silver and sandalwood, and over 600 manuscripts. These he carried back on the backs of 20 horses.
(3) Over 50 manuscripts were lost, when his boat overturned during crossing the Indus river.
(4) Xuan Zang translated the remaining manuscripts from Sanskrit into Chinese.