Faxian

Faxian (340-422) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, translator and historian. Starting out at about the age of 60, he walked from the Later Qin state to India to obtain Buddhist scriptures, passing along the Silk Road through Central, South and Southeast Asia. He was away from 399 to 412, spending ten of those years in India, and his travel account is titled "A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms".