This essential, richly researched book provides the first comprehensive history of India–China interactions in the broader contexts of Asian and world history. Sen fills a striking gap in the study of India and China by tracing their connected histories in a global setting. Contents: Introduction. 1. The circulations of knowledge. 2. The routes, networks, and objects of circulation. 3. The imperial connections. 4. Pan-Asianism and renewed connections. 5. ...
Buddhism Across Asia: Networks of Material, Intellectual and Cultural Exchange, Volume 1
Relations between India and China underwent a dramatic transformation from Buddhist dominated to commerce-centred exchanges in the seventh to fifteenth centuries. The unfolding of this transformation, its causes, and wider ramifications are examined in this masterful analysis of the changing patterns on interaction between the two most important cultural spheres in Asia. Tansen Sen offers a new perspective on Sino Indian relations during the Tang dynasty ...
