Hi,
Guyss good morning.
I am expressing my thoughts about india.
Since the most ancient times,India has been not only periodically invaded by greedy hordes but also visited by tradesman and travellers,scholar and sight-seers.
Some of them written books.
The books of these writers becomes all the more important because there were not too many of them;and they have served as rich sourses for the historian.
It is especially in this context that observations provided by the great Chineese writer Hiuen Tsang become very relevant.
Already in the 7th century,Buddhism was a powerful cultural force among the educated classes of China.
It was common for Chineese pilgrims to cime to India.
The native land of the Buddha,to pay their respects to the founder of their relegion.
Perhaps the most famous of them was this gentke observer whi had studied and travelled extensively in China before entering the Indian sub-continent.
Being both scholar and sophisticated,he was nit given to easy praise.
Within India itself he traversed deserts and ckimb mountains,stayed in villages and lived in capitals,practised in monasteries and studied in universities,and spent time in some royal courts as well.
He went to Mathura and Ayodhya,to prayag and Pataliputra,to Gaya and Kamarupa.
He studied Sanskrit and Pali to delve deeper into Buddhist philosophy and Hindu traditios.
Most important of all,he wrote down in detail his many experiences and impressions.
Thanks
