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Which ban did Xuanzang defy to travel to India?

  • Ban on religious conversion

  • Ban on travel abroad

  • Ban on working abroad

  • Ban on studying abroad

Answer

Xuanzang was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveller, and translator who lived during the Tang dynasty. He is best known for his 25-year pilgrimage to India, during which he visited the holy sites of Buddhism and collected Sanskrit Buddhist texts. Xuanzang's pilgrimage was motivated by his desire to learn more about Buddhism and to translate Buddhist texts into Chinese.
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