Faxian
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Buddhist monk , historian, pilgrim, and travelogue author along the ancient Silk Road and into India
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Faxian , also referred to as Fa-Hien, Fa-hsien and Sehi, was a Chinese Buddhist monk and translator who traveled by foot from China to India to acquire Buddhist texts. Starting his arduous journey about age 60, he visited sacred Buddhist sites in Central, South, and Southeast Asia between 399 and 412 CE, of which 10 years were spent in India.
