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Ancient India and ancient China : trade and religious exchanges, AD 1-600 / Xinru Liu.
Lippincott Library HC427.6 .L64 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liu, Xinru.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--China--History--To 581.
- Buddhism.
- History.
- China.
- Buddhism--India--History--To 581.
- Trade routes--Asia.
- Trade routes.
- Asia.
- China--Foreign economic relations.
- International economic relations.
- India--Foreign economic relations.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 231 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Summary:
- India and China are two of the most important civilizations of the ancient world. Looking at the relations between these empires before the 6th century A.D., Xinru Liu conclusively establishes the transmission of Buddhism from India to China, and describes the various items of commercial trade.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [199]-226.
- OCLC:
- 18003136
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