Statements (1) and (3) are correct. Between A.D. 399 and 414, the Chinese monk Faxian (Fa-Hsien or Fa Hien) undertook a trip via Central Asia to India to study Buddhism. Faxian's Gaoseng Faxian Zhuan was the earliest first-hand Chinese account of Buddhist sites and practices in India. Faxian's main aim in coming to India was to obtain and take back texts containing monastic rules.