A Record Of Buddhistic Kingdoms Being An Account By The Chinese Monk Fa-Hien Of His Travels In India And Ceylon (A.D. 399-414)

About the Book:-Nothing of great importance is known about Fa-Hien in addition to what may be gathered from his own record of travels. Several times during the author’s long residence in Hong Kong he endeavoured to read through the narrative of Fa-Hien; but though interested with the graphic details of much of the work, its columns bristled so constantly now with his phonetic representations of Sanskrit words, and now with his substitution for them of their meanings in Chinese characters; and he was moreover, so much occupied with his own special labours on Confucian classics, that his success was far from satisfactory. It is one of the most important source for reconstructing the life and conditions of the times. Though brief, his account of the general characteristics and tendencies of Gupta imperial administration is very valuable. Likewise, the account also gives a fair deal of information on the religious usages and practices and is invaluable for the graphic information it provides about Buddhism in India, Central Asia and Ceylon. Equally interesting and useful is the thrilling account of the perilous sea-voyage to South-East Asia and his journey through Central Asia to India. Among the places visited by the Fa-Hien are Khotan, Skardu, Crossings of the Indus, Udyana, Gandhara, Takshashila, Peshawar, Nagara, Mathura, Kosala, Kapilavastu, Vaishali, Rejagriha, Gaya, Patna and Ceylon. The book contains 40 chapters and nine illustrations with a drawing. This book is a reprint of the 1886 edition. About the Author:-James Legge was born in 1815. He was a Scottish sinologist, representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong, and first professor of Chinese at Oxford University. This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials ‘J. Le’. He is the author of books such as The Life and Teaching of Confucius, with explanatory notes (1887); ‘The Religion of China’ in Religious Systems of the World: a contribution to the study of comparative religion (1892) ; and The Religions of China: Confucianism and Tâoism described and compared with Christianity (1880). The Title 'A Record Of Buddhistic Kingdoms Being An Account By The Chinese Monk Fa-Hien Of His Travels In India And Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) written/authored/edited by James Legge', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121239431 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 201 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-