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Fa-Hien’s mission to India was to
Options:
A .  understand the social position of women during the Gupta period
B .  learn about the administrative system of the Gupta kings
C .  get full knowledge about the condition of peasants during the period of Gupta kings
D .  visit the Buddhist institutions and to collect copies of Buddhist manuscripts
Answer: Option D
Answer: (d)
Fa-hien was a Chinese monk who traveled to India during the age of Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya. He traveled during C 399-414. Fa-hien wanted to go to India to search for the treatises of the Vinaya Pitaka, the monastic rules of BUDDHISM. Traveling through Central Asia and Northwest India,
Fa-hien reached northern India and then visited the holy Buddhist sites located in the Ganges valley: Kapilavastu, the birthplace of Buddha; Bodhgaya, the site of Buddha’s enlightenment; Sarnath, where Buddha preached his first sermon, and Kushinagara, the place of Buddha’s nirvana.

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