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Travels of Fa-Hsien
Fa-hsien was one of China's greatest traveler of the fifth century. At age sixty-five he practically walked from central China (AD 399), across the Taklamakan desert, over the Pamir Plateau, and through India down to the mouth of the Hoodly, in the county of Tamluk, India. From there he took a ship and returned by sea to his homeland China, sailing via Ceylon and Sumatra, across the Indian Ocean and the China Sea, and finally reaching Chienkand (China), in AD 413. [eng]
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