Q. In which year did the Chinese traveller 'Sung Yun' come to India?
Answer: 518 AD
Notes: The famous Chinese traveler, Sung Yun came to India in (517- 518) AD after Fa Hien, who commenced his journey in 399 AD from Chang Gan in China to India in search of authoritative texts of Buddha’s preaching. Sung Yun had an exalted view of his country and its ruler, is largely responsible for overly negative image of the Hunas in ‘modern’ history. He came to India along with the monk 'Hui Zheng, Fa Li, and Zheng Fouze', during the reign of Buddhist Empress Hu who belongs to the 'Northern Wei Dynasty. Song Yun, who was originally from Dunhuang in China.