Buddhism & silk trade initiated contact between the two countries.Thus scholars from China would break for a few months in their journey towards India, in Indonesia to learn #Sanskrit. Kashyapa Matanga was the first Indian scholar who was invited in 67 A.D. by Emperor Ming Ti.

Lo Yang province, once had 3000 & 10,000 Indian Buddhist monks & families respectively. KumaraJiva translated life of Nagarjuna in Chinese and thus Fa Hein (chinese scholar)became his disciple and hence studied at #Patliputra university.

Hsuang-Tsang the most famous, traveller

of 7th century travelled across India and spent years at the #Nalanda University, persuaded Masters in Law and became vice-principal. Hsuan-Tsang’s book the Si-Yu-Ki (अर्थ India)tells us about branches of knowledge: Grammar,Science of Arts&Crafts,Medicine,Logic & Philosophy which

were taught. During departure(from China) , Emperor T’ang mixed handful of dust in a drink and said: ‘U would do well to drink this cup,for are we not told that a handful of one’s country’s soil is worth more than 1000 pounds of gold?’He carried large no. of Sanskrit manuscripts

on his way to to China.His visit yielded a political establishment between, Harshavardhana (Kanauj) & T’ang Emperor. Both exchanged embassies as well. After his death in China, another Chinese pilgrim, I-tsing started his journey and took him 2 years to reach, Hooghly. Even he..

studied at #Nalanda University and carried back several hundred Sanskrit texts. He says: ‘First & chief difference between India of the five regions and other nations is the distinction between purity & impurity’. He refers to India as the West, and why it was known as #Aryadesha

‘arya’ means noble and ‘desha’ means region, a name for the #West. Also referred as, #Madhyadesha, i.e., middle land, as it’s the centre of a hundered myriads of countries. Northern tribes(Hu or Mongols) referees to India as,The Noble land #Hindu (Hsin-tu). Indu means the moon...

the Chinese name for India (INDU=hINDU). Same for China (Great Chou) Cheena,was used. But for him, India (noble region) and China (divine land).Deva-putra (Son of Heaven) was the word used in old Sanskrit for Chinese Emperor.

Bengal and China during Sultan Ghias-ud Din’s reign

exchanged ambassadors, during Ming Emperor in China. Probably China was more influenced by India then India by China.

British East India Company had influenced both India and China that to after centuries. India had to endure it for long; while China’s contact was brief.

Current scenario: If CHINA attacks INDIA. CHINA’s civilisation might be overtaken by other cults.

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