Who among the following travelers visited India in the 7th century CE?
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
Xuanzang -
Xuanzang, a Chinese Buddhist pilgrim, visited India during the reign of King Harshavardhana.
He arrived in 630 AD. He stayed for 15 years, studying Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism at monasteries in Kashmir, Sialkot, Kannauj, and Nalanda.
He took 657 pu (parts) of Buddhist literature to China: Hinayana sutras, commentaries and disciplinary rules, Mahayana texts and commentaries, and some treatises on logic and etymology.