Hiuen Tsang And Buddhist India

🤝 Hiuen Tsang: Pilgrim and Scholar

• Role: Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, and translator
• Journey: Departed Chang’an in 629 CE, traversed the Silk Road, returned in 645 CE
• Objective: Obtain original Sanskrit scriptures and study at India’s great monastic universities
• Primary Source: Records of the Western Regions (Da Tang Xiyu Ji)