Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

The famous Chinese traveller Hieun Tsang visited India during which Emperor's reign?

Options:

Samudragupta

Ashoka

Chandragupta l

Harshavardhana

Correct Answer:

Harshavardhana

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4- Harshavardhana

Hieun Tsang visited India during the reign of Harshavardhana. He was a Chinese Buddhist monk who traveled to India in the 7th century CE to study Buddhism. He spent 17 years in India, and he wrote a detailed account of his travels, which is one of the most important sources of information about India in the 7th century.

Harshavardhana was the ruler of the Indian empire from 606 to 647 CE. He was a powerful and benevolent ruler, and he is remembered for his patronage of Buddhism. Hieun Tsang was impressed by Harshavardhana's rule, and he wrote that he was "a just and merciful ruler, who loved his subjects and protected them from harm."

The other options:
Samudragupta was a Gupta emperor who ruled from 335 to 375 CE.
Ashoka was a Mauryan emperor who ruled from 272 to 232 BCE.
Chandragupta I was the founder of the Gupta Empire, and he ruled from 319 to 335 CE.