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Importance Of Faxian And Xuanzang In Today's Business World

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Impact of Faxian and Xuanzang on India

Kaelyn D’souza
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Contents
Methodology……………………………………2
Introduction 3
Faxian – The First and Oldest 4
Xuanzang – The Young One 9
Importance of Faxian and Xuanzang In today’s Business World. 13
Conclusion 14

Introduction

Impact of Buddhist Travellers like Faxian and Xuanzang on India
The spread of Buddhist principles from India to China led to a profusion of multicultural interactions that had a deep influence on Asia and world history. The expeditions of Buddhist hermits and pilgrims and the coinciding exchange of spiritual script and relics not only encouraged communication between the Indian territories and various provinces of China, but also influenced people …show more content…

While trying to evade the following base, he moved off the main footpath and took a diversion; however this led him to an area 'so wild that no vestige of life could be found there. There is neither bird, nor four-legged beasts, neither water nor pasture'. On reaching his point of final fatigue, his only acquaintance, a horse followed its innate nature and went off in another direction leading him to a place of water and prairie thus saving his being. He then soon arrived at Turfan where he resided for a while. The ruler of Turfan was so enthralled with Xuanzang’s understanding of the Buddhist Holy Texts that he rejected Xuanzang’s desire to leave and only yielded when Xuanzang pressured him with the threat of going on a hunger strike. Thus Xuanzang had peacefully won against the desire of the king. The ruler of Turfan then provided him with letters of introduction to be given to the various kings of the oasis along the way. It was this very thing that made his journey a …show more content…

(Sthana-Place/region, Ishvara-Lord)
• Religious and Historical Importance
• Thaneshwar gets its forename from the words "Sthaneshwar" meaning "Place of God". The Staneshwar Mahadev Temple, whose chief deity is Lord Shiva, is understood to be location where the Pandavas and Krishna prayed to Lord Shiva and received his blessings for triumph in the battle of Mahabharata. 1.5 km from Thaneshwarar lays Narkatari, the water tank named Bhishma Kund is alleged to be where Bhisma lay on the bed of arrows during the Mahabharata war
• Kaleshwar Mahadev Temple & Dukha Bhanjan Mahadev Temples are the eldest temples of Thaneshwar. Other religious locations include the Brahma Sarovar, Jyotisar, the Sannihit Sarovar, Gurdwar 6th Patashahi and the Devi Badrakali temple, which is tallied among the 51 Shakti Peethas. The bathing-fair held here on the occurrence of a solar eclipse is said to be graced by half a million pilgrims. Xuanzang during the Reign of

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