CHINESE traveller, stayed at Tamralipti for three years and learned Sanskrit.Formerly romanized as I-tsing, Yijing was a Chinese Buddhist monk of the Tang-era who was regarded as a traveller and translator.An important source for the history of the mediaeval kingdoms along the sea route between China and India, especially Srivijaya in Indonesia, is his account of his travels.A student at Nālandā Buddhist University (now in Bihar, India), he was also responsible for the translation into Chinese of several Buddhist TEXTS from Sanskrit and Pali.Before making the trip to Nalanda in India, Yijing PRAISED the HIGH degree of Buddhist SCHOLARSHIP in Srivijaya and urged Chinese monks to study there.