Fa-Hien / Chandragupta II
Question
Fa-hien (Faxian), the Chinese pilgrim travelled to India during the reign of
Options
Samudragupta
Chandragupta II
Kumaragupta I
Skandagupta
Explanation
Fa-Hien visited India early in the fifth century AD during the reign of Gupta emperor Chandragupta II(Vikramaditya).
He travelled to acquire authentic Buddhist texts and described the peace and prosperity of the Gupta administration, though interestingly, he never mentioned the emperor by name in his records.
Answer: (b).
Question details
Year
2025
Paper
GS Paper 1
Question
Q15
Subject
History
Sub-topic
Ancient: Mauryan & Gupta
Type
Factual single
Difficulty
Easy
Nature
Static
Source hint
NCERT History Cl.12 Ch.2
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