It was a famous and miraculous journey spanning seventeen years. History of mediaevalhinduindia bengahistoryofindiafrom600to1200a. A book replete with undertones of adventure and wanderlust, the life of hiuentsiang is a riveting narrative about one of the worlds most celebrated travellers. Hsuan tsang was a great traveler, scholar and translator who visited india from china. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Xuanzang was a chinese buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who travelled to india in the seventh century and described the interaction between chinese buddhism and indian buddhism during the early tang dynasty. Known as the master of the law, hiuentsiang provided an insightful commentary on indias social structure during the times of monarchs such as ashoka and harsha. The information we gather from his account is that the houses were of varied types and were constructed with wood, bricks and dung. His wisdom and scholarship were like the sun, bringing light to the world. If you have ever gone through the ancient history of india, you must have come across the name of the chinese buddhist monk hsuan tsang var. Many old cities were in ruins while new cities had grown up.
His adventures inspired wu chenen s sixteenth century novel, journey to the west, which refers to india as buddhas pure land. The life of hiuen tsiang and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. During the journey he visited many sacred buddhist sites in what are now pakistan, india, nepal, and bangladesh. The book deals in history during king harshabardhans period.
He was born in what is now henan province around 602, from boyhood he took to reading religious books, including the chinese classics and the writings of ancient. It is generally accepted that the most famous of lauras books was little house on the prairie, the third of the set. Hiuen tsang spent seventeen years travelling from china to india and back in the seventh century ce, at the time of the tang dynasty emperor taizong. In 646, under the emperors request, xuanzang completed his book great tang records on the western regions, which has become one of the primary sources for the study of medieval central asia and india. Buy the life of hiuentsiang book online at low prices in. Huen tsang or xuanzang was a chinese buddhist traveler who belongs to early tang period of china. Hiuen tsiang who visited india through the silk route between ad 627643.
He stayed in india for 16 long years, travelling extensively and holding discussions with buddhist scholars all over the country. Hiuen tsang, a chinese pilgrim who came to india in a. Find an answer to your question who was hiuen tsang. In order to get a detailed idea about india, and the buddhist texts and cultures in different parts of the country, hiuen tsang decided to undertake his joinery to india by foot on land. Hiuen tsang project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.