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# Faxian (法顯)

Chinese monk who travelled overland to India (399–412), stayed in Pāṭaliputra and Sri Lanka, returned by sea, and wrote the earliest surviving Chinese pilgrim's account.

## Works (1)

- [高僧法顯傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2085) — Classical Chinese; 414–416 CE

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