Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade - The Realignment of Indiachina Relations, 6001400

This book brings a fresh understanding to cross-cultural Sino-Indian encounters, elucidating for the first time significant changes in the religious, commercial, and diplomatic interactions between the two countries.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Prasenjit Duara
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations

Introduction: China's Encounter and Predicament with the Indic World

Chapter One: Military Concerns and Spiritual Underpinnings of Tang-India Diplomacy
Chapter Two: The Emergence of China as a Central Buddhist Realm
Chapter Three: The Termination of the Buddhist Phase of India-China Interactions
Chapter Four: The Reconfiguration of India-China Trade and its Underlying Causes
Chapter Five: The Phases and the Wider Implications of the Reconfiguration of India-China Trade

Conclusion: From Buddhism to Commerce: The Realignment and Its Implications

Bibliography
Index
About the Author

About the author

Tansen Sen is director of the Center for Global Asia and professor of history at NYU Shanghai and Global Network Professor at NYU. His books include Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of India-China Relations, 600–1400.

Product details

• Authors: Prasenjit Duara, SEN, Tansen Sen, Tansen Duara Sen, Sen Tansen
• Assisted by: Duara Prasenjit (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.09.2015
• EAN: 9781442254725
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5472-5
• No. of pages: 326
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, HISTORY / Asia / China, Buddhism, India, History of Religion, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Diplomacy, Asian History, c 500 to c 1000 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, HISTORY / Asia / South / India, Buddhism;China;India;Trade