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374
Birth
Faxian was born in 374 in Wu-yang, China -
402
Arrive in India
You visit places the Buddha has spent his life and where he taught -
Period: 405 to 407
Faxian Studies
Faxian studied and collected and copied Buddhist Texts in Pāṭalīputra, then in Tāmralipti in eastern India and in the holy city of Magadha. -
411
Decision to Venture Home
In 411 Faxian decided to start his journey back to China -
Period: 411 to 413
Time Spent in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
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413
Lands in Java
Lands in Java where he stayed for five months while he waited for a ship -
414
Return to Changan
after 15 years Faxian reached home -
462
Death
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Set Out On Journey
Faxian saw the Chinese translations of the texts of Buddhism as inadequate. In 399 when he was 25 he went on a journey to India to find the original manuscripts of Buddhism texts to make new better translations. -
Father Dies
when Faxian was ten his father died -
Becomes Official Monk
When Fakian was 20 he became a full monk -
Port of Tamralipti
the port of Tamralipti where he spent another two years. -
Period: to 414
Faxian's Journey
Lasted 15 years and took him through 30 different countries
Faxian visited many buddhist sites located in Shenshen, Dunhuang, Khotan, Gandhara, Peshawur, Taxila, Kapilavastu, Bodh Gaya, Banaras, Kushinagara, Ceylon, Java and Changan.
