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Download or read book Fa Hien written by SHUBHA KHANDEKAR and published by Amar Chitra Katha Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 1971-04-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To learn true wisdom, he traversed bone-dry deserts, scaled snow-laden mountains, and grieved over lost friends. To spread his hard-won knowledge, he battle stormy seas and unimaginable dangers. But his lord's blessings seemed to protect this brave Chinese monk, who spent 15 years retracting the steps of the Buddha and his treachings. Arriving in Gupta-ruled India, Fa Hien kept a record of his travels (between A.D. 399 and 414), which fascinate even to this day.
Download or read book Fa Hien s Records of Buddhistic Kingdoms written by Dr Sriharsha Indrasena FRCS and published by Devpura Publications (Private) Limited. This book was released on 2021-07-23 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Travels of Fah Hian and Sung Yun Buddhist Pilgrims written by Faxian and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Record of the Buddhist Countries written by Faxian and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pilgrimage of Fa Hian written by Fa-hsien and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Travels of Fa hsien 399 414 A D Or Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms written by and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1923 edition of The Travels of Fa-hsien was translated into English by H. A. Giles (1845-1935).
Download or read book The Gupta Polity written by V. R. Ramachandra Dikshitar and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on Gupta Polity is a companion volume to the author`s earlier work The Mauryan Polity. The sources of information for a study of the subject are not as many as in the case of the later book. The author firmly believes that Kalidasa was not a protege of the Gupta Court but lived in second century b.c. and so his prolific works cannot be taken to throw any light on the Gupta empire. One has therefore to depend mainly on the Kamandakiya Nitisastra, the inscriptions and coins of the Gupta rulers and the accounts of the Chinese traveller Fa-hien for a knowledge of the Gupta Polity.
Download or read book A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms written by Faxian and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a travelogue written by a medieval Chinese monk named Fa-Hien. He traveled through Central Asia and India from 399 to 414 A.D. The author's journey took him through the distant regions of Tibet and then through the areas of modern Afghanistan, Pakistan, northern India, and Sri Lanka. Throughout the book, he displays local variations on Buddhist practice, such as festivals, rituals, folklore about legendary visits by the Buddha.
Download or read book The Pilgrimage of Fa Hian written by Faxian and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancient India written by Balkrishna Govind Gokhale and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 1995 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Some Aspects of Asian History and Culture written by Upendra Thakur and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1986 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancient India and Ancient China written by Xinru Liu and published by Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India and China are two of the most important civilizations of the ancient world. Looking at the relations between these empires before the 6th century A.D., Xinru Liu conclusively establishes the transmission of Buddhism from India to China, and describes the various items of commercial trade.
Download or read book A Record Of Buddhistic Kingdoms written by Faxian Faxian and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-08-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms" is a travelogue written by Faxian (also spelled Fa Hsien), a Chinese Buddhist monk and scholar who lived during the 4th and 5th centuries CE. The book chronicles Faxian's journey from China to India and back, as he sought to obtain Buddhist scriptures and deepen his understanding of Buddhism. In his account, Faxian provides vivid descriptions of the countries, people, and Buddhist sites he encountered along the way. Faxian's observations shed light on the cultural practices, religious customs, and social conditions of the Buddhist kingdoms he visited. As an ardent Buddhist practitioner and scholar, Faxian's primary purpose was to collect Buddhist scriptures and learn from esteemed teachers. "A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms" is not only a valuable historical record of Faxian's travels but also an important source of information on the spread and development of Buddhism in Asia. It provides valuable insights into the religious and cultural landscape of the time and contributes to our understanding of ancient Buddhist traditions and practices. Faxian's travelogue remains a significant text for scholars and enthusiasts of Buddhism, history, and cross-cultural exchanges.
Download or read book Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms written by Fa Xian and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faxian (337 - c. 422) 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. In 399 Faxian set out with nine others to locate sacred Buddhist texts. He visited India in the early fifth century. He is said to have walked all the way from China across the icy desert and rugged mountain passes. He entered India from the northwest and reached Pataliputra. He took back with him Buddhist texts and images sacred to Buddhism. He saw the ruins of the city when he reached Pataliputra. Faxian's visit to India occurred during the reign of Chandragupta II. He is also renowned for his pilgrimage to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha (modern Nepal). However, he mentioned nothing about Guptas. Faxian claimed that demons and dragons were the original inhabitants of Sri Lanka. On Faxian's way back to China, after a two-year stay in Ceylon, a violent storm drove his ship onto an island, probably Java. After five months there, Faxian took another ship for southern China; but, again, it was blown off course and he ended up landing at Mount Lao in what is now Shandong in northern China, 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of the city of Qingdao. He spent the rest of his life translating and editing the scriptures he had collected. Faxian wrote a book on his travels, filled with accounts of early Buddhism, and the geography and history of numerous countries along the Silk Road as they were, at the turn of the 5th century CE. He wrote about cities like Taxila Patliputra, Mathura, and Kannauj in Middle India. He also wrote that inhabitants of Middle India also eat and dress like Chinese people. He declared Patliputra as a very prosperous city. He returned in 412 and settled in what is now Nanjing. In 414 he wrote (or dictated) Foguoji (A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms; also known as Faxian's Account). He spent the next decade, until his death, translating the Buddhist sutra he had brought with him from India.
Download or read book The Gupta Empire written by Radhakumud Mookerji and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1989 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present work describes the material and moral progress which India had achieved during the paramount sovereignty of the Gupta emperors in the fourth and fifth centuries a.d. It traces the origin and rise of the ruling family to Srigupta (240-280 a.d.) and concludes with the reign of Kumaragupta III (543 a.d.). It discusses the spirit of the age and the various trends in the sphere of Religion, Economy, Society, Education, Administration, Art and Architecture. It seeks to bring together all the facts and data derivable from different sources--literary, epigraphic and numismatic, the accounts of foreign visitors, particularly of the Chinese pilgrim Fa-hien who has left a detached and valuable record of India`s civilization during the reign of Chandragupta II. Herein we get an accurate picture of India`s golden age, the growth of her various institutions, her activities of expansion, colonization and her intercourse with Indonesia, China and other countries. The work is divided into sixteen chapters. It has an index of proper names and an addenda on the hoard of new Imperial Gupta coins discovered at Bayana in Bharatpur. The work is very interesting and instructive and is designed to meet the requirements of the academic student of history and the general reader alike.
Download or read book Ancient Indian History and Civilization written by Sailendra Nath Sen and published by New Age International. This book was released on 1999 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Single-Volume Study Of Ancient Indian History Delineating The Various Facets, Both Political And Cultural, And Incorporating The Fruits Of Recent Researches That Have Abundantly Appeared Since 1950, Has Not Been Attempted Before. Author Has Tried To Maintain A Delicate Balance Between Political History And Social, Economic And Cultural History Of Ancient India.The Book Covers The Pre-Historic India, The Vedic Age, The Post-Vedic Civilization, North India In The Sixth Century B.C. It Also Explains New Religious Movements And Their Socio-Economic Background, Maurya Age, Political Disintegration And Foreign Invasions. The Gupta Empire, The Prominence Of North Under Harshavardhana And Its Eclipse, Bengal Under The Palas And The Senas, Dynasties Of North India, Arabs And Turks In India, Indias Intercourse With The Outside World, Have Been Discussed In Depth.History Of Deccan And South India, Hitherto Not Given Due Weightage And Culture And Civilization Of Ancient India In All Its Variegated Hues, Have Received Due Attention. Some New Topics Like Espionage, Slavery, Guilds, Urbanisation, Feudalism And Science And Technology In Ancient India, Have Been Incorporated To Make The Book As Uptodate As Possible. Apart From Meeting The Requirements Of Undergraduate And Postgraduate Students Of Indian Universities, The Book Will Serve As A Useful Guide To Candidates For Civil Service Examination (Both Preliminary And Main).