Multiple choice

Heun Tsang was a famous visitor during the reign of

  1. Chandragupta Maurya

  2. Ashoka

  3. Samudragupta

  4. Harshvardhan
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Explanation

Hiuen Tsang (also spelled Xuanzang) was the famous Chinese Buddhist scholar and traveler who visited India during the reign of Emperor Harshvardhan (606-647 CE). Harshvardhan ruled the kingdom of Thanesar and later Kanauj, and his court was graced by this eminent visitor who wrote detailed accounts of his travels. The other options are from different time periods - Chandragupta Maurya (322-298 BCE), Ashoka (268-232 BCE), and Samudragupta (335-380 CE) lived centuries before or after Hiuen Tsang's visit.

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