- Huen Tsang was a Chinese traveler who stayed in India for 15 years and visited different places of India.
- He was born in 629 A.D.
- Of the 15 years of his stay in India, he spent 5 years at Nalanda Vidhyapith studying Buddhism.
- During his stay, he described the social, political and religious conditions of India elaborately in his dairy.
- He was a part of the 6th Buddha religious congregation held by King Harshvardhana at Prayag.
- Since Huen Tsang visited India during the reign of King Harshvardhana, he made lots of notes about the King and his subjects.
- Today, we know a lot of King Harsha only because of the diaries maintained by Huen Tsang.
- In 645 A.D., Tsang went back to China.
- He carried many books, remnants and statues with him.
- However, he died in the same year.
Two important notes from the diary of Huen Tsang are:
I. There were 100 Buddhist mathas in the state of King Harshvardhana.
II. The people in the reign of King Harshvardhana lived a simple and pious life. They had high moral standards. They believed in truth and justice. The people considered cheating and breaching as a sin.
