The Chinese scholars I-Qing and Xuan Zang visited ___________ in the 7th CE. Xuan Zang himself became a student of Yogashastra.
ANalanda ✓ Correct
BTakshshila
CVallabhi
DOdantpuri
Correct answer: (A) Nalanda
Explanation
The Chinese scholars Yijing and Xuanzang travelled to Nalanda in the seventh century of the common era.
Xuanzang himself became a student of Yogashastra at this celebrated centre.
Takshashila lay in the north-west and predates this period as a learning hub.
Vallabhi in Gujarat was a later Buddhist centre but not the one they described.
Odantpuri was a monastic university founded still later under the Palas.
Nalanda's fame drew pilgrims and scholars from across Asia.
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