Fa-hien (Faxian), the Chinese pilgrim, travelled to India during the reign of

Explicitly states Faxian visited India in the early 5th century CE, giving a time window for his pilgrimage.

A student can compare this early-5th-century date with Samudragupta's reign dates (from a standard Gupta chronology) to judge overlap.

An exercise item identifies Fahien as a Chinese traveller who presented an idyllic picture of Indian society in the fifth century CE, reinforcing the 5th-century placement.

Use this confirmation of a 5th-century timeframe alongside Samudragupta's reign period to test temporal coincidence.

Describes Samudragupta's long reign (about 40 years) and events during it, providing a multi-decade window that could overlap with early 5th-century visitors.

A student can obtain the conventional start/end years of Samudragupta's ~40-year reign from standard reference timelines and check for overlap with Faxian's early-5th-century visit.

Notes that Chinese pilgrims like Fa Xian travelled to India to collect texts, establishing that such pilgrimages from China to India occurred in this general historical period.

Combine this pattern of China–India pilgrimages with the specific date clues for Faxian and chronological data for Samudragupta to assess plausibility of contemporaneity.