Literature and foreign traveler details also have an important contribution in the source of knowing Indian history, In Indian history, from ancient times to medieval and modern times, many foreign travelers visited India from time to time and in his travelogue about India, wrote about the administration of the rulers of India. Many of these travelers traveled to Uttarakhand and mentioned Uttarakhand in their travelogue, One of them was also the traveler Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang).
About Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) : –
- Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) was born in 600 AD
- Place of Birth – In the Honan province of China was born in a place called Liu.
Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) Nickname
- Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) is called the Prince of Travelers.
- Also known as Polity of Pandit.
- Also called Shakya Muni.
Introduction of Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang)
- Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) was a Chinese traveller, He became a Buddhist monk at the age of 20 year. He was a very desirous person, he traveled to India for the purpose of knowing Buddhism. It took him One year to travel to India.
- He reached India by crossing the Hindukush hills via Tashkent, Samarkand, Kabul, Peshawar route via Central Asia route.
- He was the first to reach the Indian state of Kapisa in India.
- Harshavardhana was the ruler of India at the time when Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) came to India.
- He studied at Nalanda University, get information about Buddhism, At that time the head teacher of the Nalanda school was Shilvarman.
- Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) traveled to many places in India and mentioned them in his travelogue Si-Yu-Ki.
- Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) participated in the Dharma Sabha of Kannauj and the Sixth Maha Moksha Parishad at Prayag.
- Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) had traveled to many places in India, Uttarakhand was also one of them. Various places of Uttarakhand have been mentioned by Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) in his travelogue Si-Yu-Ki. At the time when he visited Uttarakhand, the state of Uttarakhand was under Harshavardhana.
Various places of Uttarakhand have been addressed by Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) by the following names.
- Haridwar – Mo-Yo-Lo.
- Kashipur (Govishna) – Ki-U-Pi-Swang-Na.
- Brahmapur – Po-Lo-Ki-Mo-Po-Lo.
- Swarnagautra State – So-Fa-La-Na-Ki-Lo.
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| Uttarakhand Study Material in Hindi Language (हिंदी भाषा में) | Click Here |
| Uttarakhand Study Material in English Language |
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| Uttarakhand Study Material One Liner in Hindi Language |
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| Uttarakhand UKPSC Previous Year Exam Paper | Click Here |
| Uttarakhand UKSSSC Previous Year Exam Paper | Click Here |
| MCQ in English Language | Click Here |