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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. (-5[1])The (-5[1])Foguoji (“FOH-guo-jee”) was a chronicle written by a traveler to this empire, (-5[1])whose rulers revived the practice of horse sacrifice and ruled from Ujjain (“uj-jay-in”). A ruler of this empire (15[1])who defeated the Sakas and their (15[1])ruler (*) Rudrasimha III was visited by the monk Faxian (10[1])(“FAH-shee-yen”). The monk Xuanzang (“shwen-ZAHNG”) visited (10[1])a successor state to this empire ruled by Harsha, which emerged following this empire’s collapse after invasions by the White 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 and sixth centuries. ■END■

ANSWER: Gupta Empire [or Gupta dynasty]
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