Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : Tamralipti
The correct answer is Tamralipti. - I-tsing, a Chinese traveller, stayed at Tamralipti for three years and learned Sanskrit.
- Formerly romanized as I-tsing, Yijing was a Chinese Buddhist monk of the Tang-era who was regarded as a traveller and translator.
- An important source for the history of the mediaeval kingdoms along the sea route between China and India, especially Srivijaya in Indonesia, is his account of his travels.
- A student at Nālandā Buddhist University (now in Bihar, India), he was also responsible for the translation into Chinese of several Buddhist texts from Sanskrit and Pali.
- Before making the trip to Nalanda in India, Yijing praised the high degree of Buddhist scholarship in Srivijaya and urged Chinese monks to study there.
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