399 AD–414 AD
Faxian’s pilgrimage
Religion · Buddhist traditions · Pilgrimage and translation
Faxian’s Indian pilgrimage lasts from 399 to 414; it is a milestone in the circulation of monks, texts, and observations, not a single route of transmission.
Precision, calendar, and review
- Start
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- End
- year · no uncertainty qualifier in this record
- Dating in the source document
- 399–414
- Calendar and convention
- Historical-era years; the source calendar is not identified. No conversion of days is assumed.
- Year zero
- The scale goes from 1 BCE to 1 CE without year zero. Changing era names changes labels only.
- Documentary review
- 2026-09-04
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Sources
- University of Washington — Faxian (opens in a new tab)
Source provenance and scope
- Publication date
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- Bibliographic date checked
- 2026-09-23
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