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Question
Discuss the reasons why the Chinese pilgrims came to India.
Solution
Men and women who travel to holy places to worship are known as pilgrims. Chinese Buddhist pilgrims such as Fa-Xian, Xuan-Zang, and I-Qing are the most well-known of these. They came to see the well-known monasteries and sites connected to the life of the Buddha. They studied in the monasteries as well. Pilgrims Xuan-Zang and others studied in Nalanda (Bihar).
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