alleryWhich Chinese Buddhist monk visited India during Chandragupta II's reign?
AParamartha
BXuanzang
CYijing
DFaxian
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Faxian
1. Faxian visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II.
2. Xuanzang came in the 7th century, in Harsha's time.
3. Yijing wrote of a Gupta king but later, and Paramartha was an Indian monk who went to China.
_Source: Wikipedia, Gupta Empire, Faxian_
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