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According to one traveler, this empire was the site of Mi-li-kia-si-kia-po-no, where a ruler known as Che-li-ki-to built a temple for Chinese pilgrims. It's not in Indonesia, but this empire was unreliably chronicled by Yijing. The Foguoji (“FOH-guo-jee”) was a chronicle written (-5[1])by a traveler to this empire, whose rulers revived the practice of horse sacrifice (-5[1])and ruled from Ujjain (“ooj-JAY-in”). A ruler of this empire who defeated the Sakas and their ruler (*) Rudrasimha (10[1]-5[1])III was visited by the monk Faxian (“FAH-shee-yen”). The monk Xuanzang (10[1])(“shwen-ZAHNG”) visited a successor state to this empire (-5[1])ruled by Harsha, which emerged following (10[1])this empire’s collapse after invasions by the White (-5[1])Huns. This empire’s rulers oversaw the codifying of major Hindu scriptures and patronized the playwright Kalidasa (“KAH-li-dah-suh”). For 10 points, name this empire founded by Chandra that ruled much of India between the fourth (10[1])and sixth centuries. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Gupta Empire [or Gupta dynasty]
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