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Fa Xian was a Chinese monk who traveled to India, overland in [[399]], returning by sea in [[413]]. His accounts of his journey became a classic source for Indian history in China.

Fa Xian was a Chinese monk who traveled to India, overland in [[399]], returning by sea in [[413]]. His accounts of his journey became a classic source for Indian history in China. His mission was undertaken in part in order to report back to the Emperor on what [[Buddhism]] was like in India, where Buddhism first developed. Among the sites Fa Xian is believed to have visited is the Great Buddhas of Bamiyan.

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==References==

==References==

*[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Chinese Civilization'', Third Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 51.

*[[Albert M. Craig]], ''The Heritage of Chinese Civilization'', Third Edition, Prentice Hall (2011), 51.

[[Category:Religious Figures]]

[[Category:Religious Figures]]

[[Category:Kofun Period]]

[[Category:Kofun Period]]