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Fa Xian and Xuan Zang were two Chinese Buddhist pilgrims.

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Buddhism became prevalent in India, and rulers like Ashoka and Kanishka made sure to extend
the message to faraway lands; China adapted to Buddhism quickly, particularly the Mahayana sect of Buddhism, which originated at one of Kanishka's Buddhist councils. The Chinese monks, namely Fa Xian and Xuan Zang, came to India in quest of achieving valuable information regarding Buddha's life and sermons and research done by famous Buddhist scholars and Monks. FaXian came to the court of Chandragupta II of the Gupta empire and took with his travels, encounters, and stories he saw in India. The same was done by Xuan Zang, who came to the court of king Harshvardhan of the Vardhana dynasty.

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