Consider the following statements : 1. Fa-Hien was a Chinese pilgrim who visited India during the reign of Harsha. 2. Hiuen Tsang was a Chinese Buddhist monk who visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Explanation

Fa-Hien was a Chinese traveler, and he visited India during the reign of Chandragupta II. He wrote a detailed account of the life of the people here. In his account, he did not mention the king’s name. The Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang visited India during the reign of Emperor Harsha. He described the multi-storeyed bronze monastery built by Harsha at Nalanda. In his account, he mentioned that during Harsha’s period the Shudras practiced agriculture. He also mentioned the assembly held at Prayagraj (Prayag) in his travelogue. Therefore, both statement (1) and statement (2) are incorrect.