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UPSC Prelims 2025 GS Paper 1, question 15

Topic: Ancient history

Q15

Fa-hien (Faxian), the Chinese pilgrim, travelled to India during the reign of

  1. (a) Samudragupta
  2. (b) Chandragupta IICorrect answer
  3. (c) Kumaragupta I
  4. (d) Skandagupta

Solution.

Answer: (b) Chandragupta II

  1. The Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian (Fa-hien) travelled across India between 399 CE and 414 CE to visit Buddhist monastic sites and collect Vinaya texts.
  2. His visit took place during the reign of the Gupta emperor Chandragupta II Vikramaditya (c. 375-415 CE).