Hien Tsang: 1 definition
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Source: academia.edu: The Chronological History of BuddhismHien Tsang or Xuanzang (58 BCE-4 CE).—Hien Tsang, a Buddhist monk of central China, sojourned in India around 30-15 BCE. At that time, Pulakesin II was ruling in the south and Harsha Vikramaditya was ruling in the North. He collected 657 Buddhist texts and carried to China. He carried back to China 15 works of Mahasanghika sect, 15 works of Sammatiya sect, 22 works of Mahishasakiya sect, 17 works of Kashyapiya sect, 42 works of Dharmaguptaka sect, 67 works of Sarvastivadin sect etc. He became the pupil of Silabhadra and studied at Nalanda Vihara.
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