Hiuen Tsang And Buddhist India
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EXAMIVERSE
🧠 Summary Points
Hiuen Tsang’s journey (629–645 CE) is foundational for our knowledge of 7th-century Buddhist India.
His Records of the Western Regions offers detailed insights into monastic universities, pilgrimage circuits, and social conditions.
He highlighted Harsha Vardhana’s golden age of Buddhist patronage and public welfare.
His translation efforts in Chang’an catalyzed the spread and evolution of Buddhism across East Asia.
The travelogue remains a critical primary source for historians, art historians, and Buddhist scholars.