Who was the first Indian to learn from China? What is his book?

The first China to study Buddhist scriptures in India was Faxian, a monk in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He is a famous monk and an outstanding Buddhist innovator in the history of Buddhism in China. He is the first master in China to study Buddhist scriptures overseas.

Faxian became a monk at the age of 3. In the third year of Long 'an in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (399), it started from Chang 'an, passed through the Hexi Corridor and the desert west of Dunhuang to Yanyan (near Yanqi, Xinjiang), crossed the present Taklimakan desert in the southwest, arrived in Yutian (Hotan, Xinjiang), passed through lush mountains in the south, crossed the present Indus Valley, entered Afghanistan via Pakistan, and then returned to Pakistan.

Fa Xian's book The Biography of Fa Xian, also known as The Story of the Buddha Country and The Biography of the Buddha in Tianzhu, etc. It involves the geography, transportation, religion, culture, products, customs and even social economy of about 30 countries including Central Asia, India and Nanyang. It is China's first complete travelogue about ancient Central Asia, India and Nanyang, as well as the geographical history of China and South Asia.

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The Influence of Fa Xian Zhuan on India;

1. Ancient India lacks real historical records. Therefore, the study of ancient Indian history must rely on some foreign works, especially China's ancient books, among which the travels of ancient monks are more prominent.

2. There are a large number of monks' travel notes, but the complexity is different and the times are different. Fa Xian Zhuan is the oldest and most comprehensive one, and has always been regarded as the third largest among Tang Xuanzang's Records of the Western Regions of Datang, Biography of Buddhist Monks in the Western Regions of the I Ching and Biography of the South China Sea Returning to China. Scholars who study ancient Indian history, including Indian scholars, regard it as a treasure.

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