Foreign Travelers in Ancient India
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Exam Year
2016
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UPSC LevelID: ANC_HIS_PMPG_2016_89 Ref: Buddhist Records of the Western World by Samuel Beal
The Chinese Pilgrim who visited India in the early 6th century was-
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Sung Yun was the Chinese pilgrim who visited India in the early 6th century (518-522 CE). He was sent to search for Buddhist texts and provided accounts of North-Western India during that period.