The first recorded tourist arrived in Bangladesh in the 3rd Century. Fa Xiang was a Chinese Buddhist monk whose comprehensive account of his travels has provided us with some insight into the history of the region, and particularly to the enormous part played there in the development and spread of Buddhism.
In the 7th Century another Chinese Buddhist Monk followed much the same route as Fa Xiang, and it seems that a few hundred years had done nothing to diminish the great monuments that the Emperor Ashoka erected in the 3rd Century BCE to mark the progress of The Buddha.
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