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Chinese traveler ‘Sungyun’ was came to India in: 
1. 515 AD to 520 AD
2. 525 AD to 529AD
3. 545AD to 552 AD
4. 592 AD to 597AD
5. None of the above/More than one of the above

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Correct Answer - Option 1 : 515 AD to 520 AD

The correct answer is 515 A​D to 520 AD.

  • Song Yun was a 'Chinese Buddhist monk'.

  • He came to India in 518 CE 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.
  • In 518 they left Wei capital Luoyang and returned in the winter of 522 along with 117 Mahayana Buddhist texts.
  • Fortunately, several valuable pieces of information about their journey have been conserved in Loyang Jielanji of Yang Xianzhi and other texts.
  • He visited the Swat valley in northwestern India and wrote the account of the Gandhara dynasty.

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